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

• 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。
• 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。
• Prevents egress of the latter through the unsealed portion.
  阻止后者通过未接合部分出来。
• 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 prevents blocking and concurrency problems when these commands are executed.
  这样可以防止在执行这些命令时出现阻塞和并发问题。
• 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。
• What prevents people from being diagnosed and getting treatment?
  是什么阻止了人们接受诊断和获得治疗？
• This prevents static-type checking by the compiler and introduces new classes of runtime errors.
  这避免了由编译器进行静态的检查，并且引入了新的运行时错误类。
• This is smart if the financial crisis has now been overcome, since this strategy prevents wasting money.
  如果金融危机现在已结束，那么这是一个聪明的战略，因为它防止了资金的浪费。
• The seal prevents the intrusion of dust and other particles but limits the maximum size of the drive.
  密封防止了灰尘和其它粒子的进入，但也限制了驱动器的最大尺寸。