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preventive

preventive
[英] [prɪˈventɪv] [美] [prɪˈvɛntɪv] 生词本

n.

adj.

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1. ADJ 预防性的；防备的 Preventive actions are intended to help prevent things such as disease or crime. 

  • Too much is spent on expensive curative medicine and too little on preventive medicine...

    在昂贵的治疗性药物上花费太多，在预防性药物上的支出则太少。

  • People accused the ministry of failing to take adequate preventive measures.

    人们谴责该政府部门未能采取足够的预防措施。

Noun

1. remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease;

  • "the doctor recommended several preventatives"

2. any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

3. an agent or device intended to prevent conception

Adjective

1. preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease;

  • "preventive medicine"
  • "vaccines are prophylactic"
  • "a prophylactic drug"

2. tending to prevent or hinder

3. tending to ward off;

  • "the swastika...a very ancient prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"- Victor Schultze

医学

  • 1.①预防的：用于预防某病发生的；②预防剂

计算机

  • 1.【修】预防(性)
1. Europeans take melons for a preventive against seasickness.
欧洲人吃瓜作为预防晕船的方法。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2. Quinine is an effectual preventive for malaria.
奎宁是有效的疟疾预防药。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. The situation brings home to us the need for drastic preventive actions.
这种情况使我们深切地感到采取极端的行动是必要的。

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4. The situation brings home to us the need for drastic preventive measures.
这种情况使我们深切地感到，采取坚决的预防措施是必要的。

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. This has proved an effective preventive.
这种药证明是很有效的预防剂。

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6. Vaccination is a preventive against smallpox.
种痘是预防天花的方法

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》