prevent

vt
英音 [prɪ'vent]
美音 [prɪ'vent]
词频 5口语 2书面 3

英文释义

  • 阻止;预防;防止:
    • In this way we prevented the spread of this disease.

      我们用这种方式防止了这种疾病的蔓延。

固定搭配

prevent sb / sth (from) doing sth:

  • There were many ways to prevent this from happening.

    有多种方法可以防止此事发生。

  • Pollution prevents people from seeing objects in the sky that they could see quite easily in the past.

    污染使人看不到在过去很容易看到的天空中的物体。


Related Words
相关单词
prevented, preventing, prevention, prevents