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单词 preventive
释义
preventive
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈven.tɪv/us
/prɪˈven.t̬ɪv/
(alsopreventative)
C2
intendedtostopsomething before ithappens:
防止的，预防的
In the past tenyears, preventivemeasureshaveradicallyreducedlevelsoftoothdecayinchildren.过去10年内，预防措施极大地降低了儿童龋齿的发生。
preventativemedicine预防药物
More examples
  • preventivecare
  • Ginseng is used as arestorativeand preventiveremedy.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preventing and impeding
  • anti-jamming
  • avert
  • avoid
  • avoidable
  • bar
  • be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
  • bottleneck
  • derail
  • fireproof
  • hamper
  • hang
  • havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
  • head off
  • hinder
  • prejudice
  • prevent
  • preventable
  • prevention
  • prevention is better than cureidiom
  • scuttle
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(Definition ofpreventivefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

preventive| American Dictionary

preventive
adjective[not gradable]
us
/prɪˈven·tɪv/
(alsopreventative,us/prɪˈven·tə·t̬ɪv/)
intendedtostopsomething before ithappens:
preventivemeasures
preventativehealthcare
(Definition ofpreventivefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

preventive| Business English

preventive
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈventɪv/us
(alsopreventative)
intendedtostopsomething before it canhappen, or before itbecomesaproblem:
Hebelievespreventivemeasurescould be taken tohelpcontrolcosts.
(Definition ofpreventivefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpreventive

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Detecting and describingpreventiveintervention effects in a universal school-based randomized trial targeting delinquent and violent behavior.
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Improved comprehension of the neurobiological processes that increase risk of maladaptive development may also suggest novel targets forpreventiveintervention.
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More importantly, the findings emphasize the importance of primarypreventivemeasures.
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Unfortunately training and education of health workers remains elitist and hospital focused, producing cadres not appropriately equipped to deal with health promotion andpreventivecare.
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Theirpreventive, proactive potential is perhaps the most important advantage of both unit- and team-based ethics.
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The randomized multimodalpreventiveintervention targeted a subsample of boys who were rated disruptive by their kindergarten teacher.
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By 1914 war was no longer the worst option, and the urgency for apreventivewar grew as ' windows of opportunity ' were closed.
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This hypothesis needs to be tested, and may yield important lessons forpreventiveinterventions with separating families.
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Effective biological control of parasitic nematodes consists in thepreventivereduction of infective stages on pasture.
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This in turn will require concerted attention to (a) refining conceptual models ofpreventiveinterventions and (b) expanding our efforts to bridge science and practice.
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We also performed a case-control study to identify risk factors for blastomycosis and to determine possiblepreventivemeasures.
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To avoid this tragedy, redoubled efforts ofpreventiveethics should be undertaken.
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Preventivehealth maintenance - prehabilitation that is neither a commodity for sale nor a birthright - is an obligation to oneself and to society.
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Preventiveintervention and outcome with anxiously attached dyads.
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However, it wished to move out of the usual definition ofpreventiveinterventions as discrete procedures addressed to a particular disease.
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