prevents

英 [prɪˈvents]

美 [prɪˈvents]

v.  阻止; 阻碍; 阻挠
prevent的第三人称单数

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

• Environmental management effectively lowers the rates of malaria and other diseases spread by insects and prevents death.
  环境管理可有效地降低疟疾和由昆虫传播的其他疾病的发病率，亦可有效地预防死亡。
• Class often prevents friendship between certain people.
  社会等级制度往往使一些人之间不能建立友谊。
• This prevents a possible error that can occur if the application receives the event notification after releasing the pointer.
  如果应用程序获得事件通知之后释放了这个指针，那么这样做就可以尽可能的防止错误发生。
• This prevents most attacks that can occur directly on the operating system.
  这样可以防止大多数攻击直接发生在操作系统上。
• This prevents more than one refinery from starting up in the application.
  这避免了在应用程序中启动多个“提炼厂”。
• The Supreme Court today struck down a law that prevents criminals from profiting from books or movies about their crimes.
  最高法院今天废止了一项关于禁止罪犯把其罪行写成书或拍成电影而从中牟利的法律。
• His disability prevents him from holding a job.
  他的伤残妨碍他就业。
• The camera has a built-in failsafe device which prevents it from working if the right signals aren't received.
  照相机有内置自动防故障装置，该装置确保相机在未接到正确信号时不会启动。
• This allows the fuel to flow and prevents clogging of the fuel filter.
  同时确保了燃料的流动，并有效防止燃油滤清器堵塞。
• This slows down or even prevents the development of generic and new vaccines.
  这减缓甚至阻止了仿制疫苗和新疫苗的开发。