英 [prɪˈvenʃn] 美 [prɪˈvenʃn]
n. 预防，防止
复数preventions
预防
治未病
预防
例如，目前各国的环境影响评价法规和国际环境条约中，经常同时提到预防和防备原则，其中预防（prevention）是一个比较老的概念，而防备（precautionary）是一个比较新的概念，该原则具有不同于预防原则的含义。
防治（Prevention）指的是旨在减少WEEE及其所含材料和物质的数量和它们对环境危害的措施。
...65.09% 21.90% 13.01%，就欧赔方面的态度来看，本场比赛主队赢球的希望很大，虽然在平赔上给予了客队一定程度的防范(Prevention)，但是对于科林蒂安的支持(Support)是显而易见的，小易以为，两队相较来说，科林蒂安与吉奥竞技近来的表现比较接近，科林蒂安(Co...
...跃咨询推出“5P研究模型”，以对这些危机事件做出评估： 1、端正态度（Perception）：态度决定一切。 2、防范发生（Prevention）：优秀的危机管理企业都有良好的危机预案和危机预警机制。
preventive 预防药；预防法
prevent 妨碍，阻止
prevent 预防，防止；阻止
预防；阻止；妨碍
Crime prevention had to be given more prominence.
犯罪预防得给予更多重视。
Calcium may aid in the prevention of colon cancer.
钙可能有助于预防结肠癌。
Stores spend more and more on crime prevention every year.
商店每年在防止犯罪方面的花费越来越多。
Thirty million dollars from the health care reform law is to go to support prevention activities, including expanded HIV testing.
VOA : special.2010.07.14
Indeed the major strides in prevention have largely come from a perspective focused " on systematically building competency,not correcting weakness."
事实上，在预防方面取得的重大进展,基本上来自一个观点,也就是注重培养能力，而非改正错误“
幸福课课程节选 : 哈佛公开课
So the problem of infectious disease prevention and treatment isn't solved yet, you know this, right?
传染病预防和治疗的问题,现在仍然没有解决,你们应该了解,对吧
生物医学工程探索课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
In Kenya,a project aims to educate girls about H.I.V.prevention while helping them stay in school during their monthly periods.
VOA : special.2009.03.16
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.
VOA : special.2010.06.08
It is broadly accepted that there is a balance to be struck between crime prevention and individual freedom.
It encourages doctors, clinics, hospitals and insurers to join forces and beef up prevention-oriented services.
FORBES: Obamacare Spurs New Thinking On Using the Market to Pay for Prevention
Now reputation is beginning to be used to improve the effectiveness of Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS).