单词 | preventively |
释义 | preventivepre‧vent‧ive /prɪˈventɪv/ (also preventative) adjective [only before noun] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorintended to prevent something happening► preventive/preventative Collocations intended to prevent something from happening or getting worse: · We should spend more money educating people about preventive medicine.· Schools must take preventative measures so that this type of tragedy never happens again.· Preventative action can easily be taken to avoid damp occurring in your house. ► pre-emptive: pre-emptive strike/action/attack an action that is done to harm someone before they can harm you - use this especially about official or military actions: · The US says it is prepared to launch a pre-emptive strike with nuclear weapons if it is threatened. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► preventive action/measure Word family While travelling abroad, take preventive measures to avoid illness. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► action· Isabel became suddenly aware of her own vulnerability and of the need for preventive action.· Sometimes, the prospect of a breach of the peace may form the basis of pre-planned preventive action. ► care· Also, they may do more work in the areas of community outreach and preventive care than managers of a group practice. ► detention· Her order of preventive detention caused consternation among lawyers over a possible breach of civil liberties.· Apart from the clearly implied step toward preventive detention, it was almost impossible not to detect an underlying racism. ► health· The system is intended to emphasize preventive health care and reduce costs.· The other is preventive health care for all, including prenatal care.· They can not observe preventive health care admonitions.· Health expenditures necessitated by the inability of the illiterate adult to use preventive health care measures are not documented. ► maintenance· Much of the routine preventive maintenance is done by the operators who use the machines. ► measure· Despite this, primary preventive measures of the sort recommended by Wilson have not emerged in public policy.· He is among a growing minority of physicians combining the standard care of traditional medicine with certain nontraditional treatments and preventive measures.· The use of preventive measures is also illustrated.· The only preventive measure researchers can take is to concentrate on what is triggering quakes on the rifts that are turned on.· Seen simply as a preventive measure, education for older adults is a good investment.· Currently, Medicare covers no preventive measures except for flu shots and mammograms every other year for women over 65.· Accordingly, evaluation will be undertaken to ascertain that the preventive measures implemented have been effective.· There are a lot of preventive measures that would reduce the number of severe mental problems. ► medicine· We have received clear evidence from opticians in our constituencies that the imposition of charges runs contrary to the concept of preventive medicine.· There exists no preventive medicine for the pain of feeling excluded or underappreciated.· The appointment of John Simon as first Medical Officer heralded the replacement of the grandiose principles of sanitary engineering by preventive medicine.· It was hardly surprising that preventive medicine, and state medicine in particular, refused to give unconditional support to eugenics.· He says physicians should be well-trained in standard medical care and also grounded in preventive medicine and healing alternatives.· Such apathy is indicative of the generally low emphasis and under-investment in health education and preventive medicine in Britain.· Laughter and fun should also be on your preventive medicine shelf. ► service· Child care agencies may offer preventive services at several different levels.· Several states have recently put new money into preventive services for low-income pregnant women and their babies.· Inevitably it is the preventive services that are most vulnerable to cuts - the playgroups and child-minder schemes, for example.· But the report was limited to comparing use of six preventive services.· The evidence on uptake was more mixed although there was a clear class gradient with regard to preventive services.· Two dozen major California health maintenance organizations will receive a report card today on the quality of their preventive services.· More financial support for family life and access to preventive services would help to reduce marital distress.· The survey measured the availability of preventive services and was validated by a third party, the Medstat Group. ► strategy· Having said this, however, we have noted earlier the difficulties inherent in trying to mount preventive strategies.· Some preventive strategies and vaccines are not used because of a perceived lack of cost-effectiveness.· Too little is done to implement existing preventive knowledge or to develop preventive strategies known to be effective.· An effective preventive strategy which challenged these interests would seriously disrupt or impose great costs on capitalist producers.· Two sets of findings in particular suggest preventive strategies that could considerably reduce the prevalence of acute psychotic episodes. ► work· General preventive work is equally important.· Even when children deny such beliefs, preventive work should still be done.· The implications for preventive work are obvious.· Third, it pointed to the necessity for critical preventive work to be recognized as a priority. WORD FAMILYadjectivepreventablepreventive/preventativenounpreventionverbpreventadverbpreventively/preventatively intended to stop something you do not want to happen, such as illness, from happening: preventive health programspreventive action/measure While travelling abroad, take preventive measures to avoid illness.—preventively adverb |
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