喜樂美語
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    /prɪˈvent/

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

    防止 / 阻止

    過去式 prevented過去分詞 prevented-ing preventing三單 prevents

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

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核心畫面

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…更多收起可以把 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。

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。