prevented

英 [prɪˈventɪd]

美 [prɪˈventɪd]

v.  阻止; 阻碍; 阻挠
prevent的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 防止；预防；阻止
  Topreventsomething means to ensure that it does not happen.
  1. These methods prevent pregnancy...
     这些方法能防止怀孕。
  2. Further treatment will prevent cancer from developing...
     进一步的治疗将阻止癌症恶化。
  3. We recognized the possibility and took steps to prevent it happening.
     我们认识到了这种可能性，并且采取了一些预防措施。
• VERB 阻止；制止；阻碍
  Topreventsomeonefromdoing something means to make it impossible for them to do it.
  1. He said this would prevent companies from creating new jobs...
     他说这将使公司无法创造新的工作机会。
  2. Its nationals may be prevented from leaving the country...
     其国民可能会被禁止出境。
  3. The police have been trying to prevent them carrying weapons.
     警方一直都设法阻止他们携带武器。

双语例句

• He meant to come, but was prevented by an unexpected meeting.
  他本想前来，无奈临时有会，未来成。
• Their religious convictions prevented them from taking up arms.
  由于宗教信仰的原因，他们不会拿起武器进行反抗。
• Cholera can be prevented and cured.
  霍乱是可以预防和治愈的。
• If not recognized and treated, glaucoma may cause blindness that could have been prevented in most patients.
  多数青光眼病人是可以治疗的，但是，如果没有及时识别和治疗，青光眼也可以致盲。
• It should have prevented rain water warping the door trim
  这原本应当能够防止雨水把门的饰边弄翘的。
• He was supposed to go back to Bergen on the last bus, but of course the accident prevented him
  他本来要乘最后一班汽车回卑尔根，但当然，这起事故使他没能回去。
• Violence can be prevented.
  暴力是可以预防的。
• Bad weather prevented me from starting.
  恶劣的天气使我不能动身。
• A defect of vision prevented him from focusing accurately.
  视力缺陷使他无法准确聚焦。
• Rough seas today prevented specially equipped ships from skimming oil off the water's surface
  今天海面上风浪很大，那些配有专门设备的船只无法展开清除海面浮油的工作。