Prevent

[prɪ'vent] or [pri'vɛnt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state; 'We must prevent the cancer from spreading'; 'His snoring kept me from falling asleep'; 'Keep the child from eating the marbles'.

(verb.) keep from happening or arising; make impossible; 'My sense of tact forbids an honest answer'; 'Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project'.

凯瑟琳編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

(v. t.) To be beforehand with; to anticipate.

(v. t.) To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.

(v. i.) To come before the usual time.

埃尔伯特編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Obstruct, HINDER, stop, impede, thwart, intercept, interrupt, obviate, preclude, frustrate, forefend, avert.

伊娃手打

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Hinder, obstruct, bar, neutralize, nullify, thwart, intercept, anticipate,forefend, frustrate, obviate, checkmate

ANT:Promote, aid, facilitate, expedite, encourage, advance, accelerate, induce,cause, produce

手打:洛伊斯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to hinder: to check: to render impossible: (orig.) to go before: to be earlier than.—v.t. Prēvene′ (rare) to precede.—n. Prevē′nience.—adj. Prevē′nient (Milt.) going before: preceding: preventive.—n. Preventabil′ity the quality of being preventable.—adj. Preven′table that may be prevented or hindered.—ns. Preven′ter one who or that which prevents or hinders: (naut.) an additional rope or spar for strengthening the ordinary one; Preven′tion act of preventing: anticipation or forethought: obstruction.—adjs. Preven′tive Preven′tative tending to prevent or hinder: preservative.—n. that which prevents: a preservative.—adv. Preven′tively.—n. Preven′tiveness.—Preventive service the service rendered by the coastguard in preventing smuggling.

校對:内尔