preventive

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异体字: preventative

更多词形：

副词: preventively | 异体字: preventative | 名词: preventiveness |

单词例句：

Something forced into or put over the mouth to prevent speaking or crying out.

塞口物，口衔强塞进嘴里或压在嘴上防止出声的东西

What can we do to prevent the disease spreading?

我们能做什么来防止这种疾病蔓延呢？

These regulations are intended to prevent accidents.

这些规章制度旨在防止事故发生。

Doors of derelict houses may be boarded and nailed up to prevent children from getting in.

无人居住的房子，可以用木板把门户钉起来，以防止小孩进入。

The government tried to prevent the diminution of resources.

政府试图阻止资源的减少。

A usually thin nut screwed down on another nut to prevent it from loosening.

防松螺母常指拧紧在另一个螺母上的防止其松动的细螺母

The test questions are kept secret, so as to prevent cheating.

为了防止作弊，考试的题目是保密的。

The incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life seem to prevent, or at least, discourage quiet and intensive thinking.

不停的动乱和日常生活的平凡活动看来会阻碍或者至少会使人不能安静地集中思考。

It is the business of the police to prevent and detect crime and of the law courts to punish crime.

防止及侦察犯罪是警察的职务而惩罚犯罪是法庭的职责。