喜樂美語
  1. 1v/prɪˈvent/防止 / 阻止

    To act so that something does not happen, or so that a person is not able to do something.

    「prevent」的核心意思是「在事情發生『之前』就把它擋下來」，重點在「還沒發生就先阻止」。常見句型是 prevent + 名詞（prevent accidents 防止意外）或 prevent somebody from doing something（阻止某人做某事）。要注意：from 後面的動詞要用 V-ing（from playing），不接 to V。

    示範例句 · Example

    These new rules are meant to prevent accidents in the science lab.

    中文翻譯這些新規定是為了防止科學實驗室裡的意外。

    常見搭配

    • prevent an accident

      防止意外

      to stop an accident from happening

      Steps have been taken to prevent a similar accident.

    • prevent somebody from doing something

      阻止某人做某事

      to stop someone from being able to do something

      The rain prevented us from going outside.

    • prevent illness / disease

      預防生病／疾病

      to stop someone from becoming sick

      Vaccines help prevent serious illness.

core核心畫面

From the word’s history

From Middle English preventen 'anticipate', from Latin praeveniō, from prae 'before' + veniō 'to come'.

源自拉丁文 praeveniō「搶先」，由 prae「先」加 veniō「來」。

Wiktionary

You can picture prevent as in front of something before it can happen and holding it back — like putting your hand out to stop a door from slamming, or a fence that keeps the sheep from wandering onto the road. The key is the timing: you act first, so the thing never gets to take place at all.

可以把 prevent 想成趕在事情發生之前先擋在前面、把它攔下來——像伸手扶住一扇快要甩上的門，或是用一道圍籬攔住羊群、不讓牠們跑到馬路上。重點在時間點：你搶先一步動作，所以那件事根本來不及發生。

同家族的字

prevented prevented preventing prevents

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

preventverb/pɹɪˈvɛnt/

  • 1

    To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).

    • I brush my teeth regularly to prevent tooth decay.
    • Barriers have been put up to prevent more people (from) entering the stadium.
  • 2

    archaicTo take preventative measures.

    • I think you must be mad, and she shall not have a glimpse of it while I'm here to prevent!
  • 3

    obsoleteTo come before; to precede.

    • We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us.
    • We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
  • 4

    obsoleteTo outdo, surpass.

    • With that he put his spurres vnto his steed, / With speare in rest, and toward him did fare, / Like shaft out of a bow preuenting speed.
  • 5

    obsoleteTo be beforehand with; to anticipate.

    • their ready guilt preventing thy commands

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。