| 单词 | avoidable |
| 释义 | avoidable (əvɔɪdəbəl ) adjective Something that is avoidable can be prevented from happening. 'The biggest reason for avoidable death remains smoking. The tragedy was entirely avoidable. Synonyms: preventable, stoppable, avertible or avertable Collocations: avoidable death A strike against a government determined to reduce this sort of avoidable death should not be what the doctor ordered. Times, Sunday Times Cancer became the most common cause of avoidable death in 2007, and the rate of avoidable deaths from cancer has remained static for four years. Times, Sunday Times So, yes, those 'avoidable death' figures look bad. The Sun Cancer was the leading cause of avoidable death followed by heart disease. The Sun The northeast has a rate of avoidable deaths a third higher than the southwest. Times, Sunday Times He added that the situation was 'a potentially avoidable risk factor'. Times, Sunday Times A tribunal ruled that was wrong - despite saying the patient had been put at 'avoidable risk'. The Sun That said, if you are at increased risk it pays to look for and mitigate avoidable risk factors. Times, Sunday Times The debate would have benefited from a description of the forensic analysis by the sport's authorities of the circumstances of all injuries in an effort to minimise avoidable risk. Times, Sunday Times It was satisfied that the publication of the names of appellants might create avoidable risks for them in the countries from which they had come. Times, Sunday Times |
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