prevented v. 阻止;避免;被阻止(prevent的过去式,过去分词)
- The accident could have been prevented.
这事故本来是可以防止的。 - Perhaps the influence of the Bible prevented it.
也许是圣经的影响阻止了其生根。 - Heat-denatured wheat endosperm prevented the growth of an embryo implanted on it.
热变性的小麦胚乳能阻止移植在其上的胚的生长。
Prevent \Pre*vent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prevented}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Preventing}.] [L. praevenire, praeventum; prae before
+ venire to come. See {Come}.]
1. To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide;
to direct. [Obs.]
We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the
Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. --1
Thess. iv. 15.
We pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and
follow us. --Bk. of
Common Prayer.
Then had I come, preventing Sheba's queen. --Prior.
2. To be beforehand with; to anticipate. [Obs.]
Their ready guilt preventing thy commands. --Pope.
3. To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.
``This vile purpose to prevent.'' --Shak.
Perhaps forestalling night prevented them. --Milton.