prevent 音标拼音: [prɪv'ɛnt] [priv'ɛnt]
vt .
vi . 预防,防止,避免,阻止,妨碍
预防,防止,避免,阻止,妨碍
prevent v 1 :
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 " [
synonym : {
prevent }, {
forestall }, {
foreclose },
{
preclude }, {
forbid }]
2 :
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 " [
synonym : {
prevent }, {
keep }] [
ant :
{
allow }, {
let }, {
permit }]
Prevent \
Pre *
vent "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Prevented };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Preventing }.] [
L .
praevenire ,
praeventum ;
prae before venire to come .
See {
Come }.]
1 .
To go before ;
to precede ;
hence ,
to go before as a guide ;
to direct . [
Obs .]
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We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep . --
1 Thess .
iv .
15 .
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We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us . --
Bk .
of Common Prayer .
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Then had I come ,
preventing Sheba '
s queen . --
Prior .
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2 .
To be beforehand with ;
to anticipate . [
Obs .]
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Their ready guilt preventing thy commands . --
Pope .
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3 .
To intercept ;
to hinder ;
to frustrate ;
to stop ;
to thwart .
"
This vile purpose to prevent ." --
Shak .
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Perhaps forestalling night prevented them . --
Milton .
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Prevent \
Pre *
vent "\,
v .
i .
To come before the usual time . [
Obs .]
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Strawberries . . .
will prevent and come early .
--
Bacon .
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69 Moby Thesaurus words for "
prevent ":
abort ,
anticipate ,
arrest ,
avert ,
avoid ,
baffle ,
balk ,
ban ,
bar ,
block ,
check ,
control ,
curb ,
dam ,
debar ,
deflect ,
delay ,
deny ,
deter ,
disallow ,
discourage ,
dishearten ,
embargo ,
enjoin ,
estop ,
exclude ,
exclude from ,
fend ,
fend off ,
foil ,
forbid ,
foreclose ,
forestall ,
frustrate ,
hamper ,
help ,
hinder ,
impede ,
inhibit ,
intercept ,
interdict ,
interrupt ,
keep from ,
keep off ,
mitigate ,
obstruct ,
obviate ,
outlaw ,
preclude ,
prohibit ,
proscribe ,
refuse ,
reject ,
repel ,
repress ,
restrain ,
retard ,
rule out ,
save ,
say no to ,
shut out ,
slow ,
stave off ,
suppress ,
taboo ,
thwart ,
turn aside ,
ward ,
ward off
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