单词 | preventibility |
释义 | > as lemmaspreventiˈbility preventiˈbility n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > capability of being prevented preventability1851 preventibility1890 1890 Times 30 Aug. 11/6 Until now discussions on the preventibility of diphtheria have been vain, owing to a deplorable want of precision. 1973 Lima (Ohio) News 27 May d4 (advt.) Defensive driving course... Learn how to think in terms of preventibility. 1998 N.Y. Law Jrnl. (Nexis) 22 Dec. 1 In the view of the majority, the ‘supposed preventibility’ of drownings by the ‘use of shoring’ the trench is ‘too speculative’ to satisfy the standard of criminal recklessness. < as lemmas |
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