单词 | prevent |
释义 | prevent音标[pri'vent]汉语翻译vt. 预防, 防止, 阻止, 妨碍vi. 预防, 防止, 阻止, 妨碍 【经】 避免 词型变化:动词过去式:prevented 过去分词:prevented 现在分词:preventing 第三人称单数:prevents 形容词:preventable 名词:preventability词意辨析:block, bar, hinder, obstruct, prevent, hamperblock: 语气强烈,指有效堵住了通道,使人或物无法通过。 bar: 含义与block很接近,指阻塞通道或禁止出入,但有暗示不用障碍物的阻止或禁止。 hinder: 语气较轻,多指阻碍、拖延人或事,强调使进展速度缓慢下来。 obstruct: 正式用词,语气强,多指以干扰或设置障碍的方式阻碍交通,使不能自由畅通。 prevent: 含义广泛,指采取预防措施或设置障碍去阻止某人或某事。 hamper: 侧重因受到约束或阻碍而造成的行动困难。 英语解释:动词 prevent:
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详细解释:pre.vent v.(动词)pre.vent.ed,pre.vent.ing,pre.vents v.tr.(及物动词)To keep from happening:预防:使防止发生:例句:took steps to prevent the strike.采取步骤避免罢工 To keep (someone) from doing something; impede:阻碍:使(某人)不做某事;阻挠:例句:prevented us from winning.阻挠我们获胜 Archaic To anticipate or counter in advance.【古语】 预先应付:事先预料或遇到Archaic To come before; precede.【古语】 在…之前:在…之前来;先于v.intr.(不及物动词)To present an obstacle:阻挠,阻止:呈现出阻碍:例句:There will be a picnic if nothing prevents.如果没有特别的情况,我们将举行野餐 来源:Middle English preventen [to anticipate] 中古英语 preventen [预料,预期] from Latin praevenore praevent- 源自 拉丁语 praevenore praevent- prae- [pre-] prae- [前缀,在…之前] venore [to come] * see g w3- venore [来] *参见 g w3- 【引伸】 prevent.abil.ity 或 prevent.ibil.ity n.(名词)prevent.able 或 prevent.ible adj.(形容词)prevent.er n.(名词)<参考词汇><同义词>prevent,preclude,avert,obviate,forestall同义词>These verbs mean to stop or hinder something from happening, especially by advance planning or action.这些动词是指停止或阻挠某事的发生,尤指以预先的计划或行动来阻挠 Prevent implies anticipatory counteraction: Prevent 指预先阻止: 例句:.The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it. (John Randolph).Topreclude is to exclude the possibility of the occurrence of an event or action: .阻止战争最有把握的方法是不要害怕. (约翰·伦道夫)。Preclude 指排除某事或行为发生的可能性: 例句:.a tranquillity which . . . his wife`s presence would have precluded. (John Henry Newman).Toavert is to ward off something about to happen: .他妻子的出现使宁静成为不可能. (约翰·亨利·纽曼)。Avert 是指阻止将要发生的事情: 例句:Only quick thinking on the pilot`s part averted a disastrous accident.只有这位飞行员的机智才能阻止这样可怕事件的发生。 Obviate implies that something,such as a difficulty, has been anticipated and disposed of effectively: Obviate 暗指某物,如困难已经被预料到且被有效地排除掉: 例句:.the objections . . . having . . . been obviated in the preceding chapter. (Joseph Butler)..反对意见…已经…在前一段时间被排除了. (约瑟夫·巴特勒)。 Forestall usually suggests anticipatory measures taken to counteract, neutralize, or nullify the effects of something: Forestall 通常指预先采取措施来消除,中和或抵消某事的后果: 例句:We installed an alarm system to forestall break-ins. 我们安装了一套警报系统来预防小偷的闯入 参考词汇> |
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