prevent的用法和辨析

　　The verb “ban” also works in the same way:

　　动词“ban”也是类似的用法：

　　The government banned advertising of tobacco products in 2002.

　　例句：2002年，政府禁止烟草制品打广告。

　　The court banned him from attending football matches.

　　法庭禁止他参加足球比赛。

BBC英语：一分钟学会 Prevent 和 Avoid的用法区别

　　Hi guys! Dan for BBC Learning English here. This time we're looking difference between prevent and avoid.

　　大家好!我是BBC英语学习的丹，这节课我们学习prevent 和avoid的区别。

　　Prevent basically means stop. If you prevent something, you stop it from happening - often before it starts.

　　prevent主要表示阻止。阻止某事即不让某事发生——通常在事情发生之前。

　　You can prevent something, prevent something from happening or prevent someone from doing something.

　　用于表示阻止某事，组织某事发生或者阻止某人做某事。

　　For example:

　　比如说：

　　The arrival of the police prevented crime.

　　警察到来制止了犯罪。

　　Or:

　　再比如：

　　Losing my passport prevented me from flying.

　　我的护照丢了，上不了飞机。

　　Or:

　　又比如：

　　I prevented her from slapping me! Wow!

　　我挡住了她打我的手!哇!

　　Now avoid, basically means miss. If you avoid something, you try to make it miss you.

　　avoid主要表示错过。如果你避免某事，即努力让某事不发生在自己身上。

　　For example:

　　例如：

　　I avoided meeting my ex.

　　我避免碰见前任。

　　Or:

　　再比如：

　　I avoided the slap easily!

　　我轻松躲过了掌掴!

英语固定用法：prevent doing sth.

　　Prevent 阻止;阻碍;阻挠

　　prevent doing sth. 阻止做某事

　　prevent sb from doing sth 阻止某人做某事‍

　　1.

　　Nothing would prevent him from speaking out against injustice.

　　什么也阻止不了他反对公平的演讲。

　　2.

　　Her sudden arrival prevented him from going out.

　　她突然来到,使他不能外出

　　3.

　　Their prompt actions prevented the fire from spreading.

　　他们敏捷的行动阻止了火势的蔓延不能阻止他鸣不平

　　4.

　　Who prevents the plans from being carried out?

　　谁阻止了他们计划的实施?

　　5.

　　She thought he would make an abject fool of himself, and for her sake, as well as his, decided to prevent him from standing.

　　她认为他会当众出丑，为他俩着想，她决定制他当候选人

　　6.

　　He began to think that she had not died but that she was going to, unless he could find some way to prevent it.

　　渐渐地他就认为她并没有死，可他要是想不出法子加以挽救的话，眼看她是死定止。

　　7.

　　But this did not prevent the parents unable to shake his head.

　　但这丝毫没有阻止父母不住地摇头。

　　He said the "six steps" or "building blocks" can help prevent history from repeating itself.

　　他说，这“六个步骤”或“搭建屏障”可以帮助预防历史重演。

　　And yet they did not understand how they had to act to prevent a replay of the past.

　　然而，他们不明白自己怎样做才能防止过去的悲剧重演。

　　"The test is just a finger prick away, and can prevent a lot of problems, " he said.

　　他说：“检测仅仅是进行手指刺破，但却能阻止许多问题。”

　　Nothing but a miracle could prevent the company from going bankrupt.

　　只有奇迹发生，这家公司才能免于破产。

　　Was more to prevent ugly you secretly sneaked into the bottom of my heart.

　　更得严防丑恶偷偷潜入你心底。‍