| 单词 | preclude |
| 释义 | preclude —precludable, adj. —preclusion /pri klooh"zheuhn/, n. —preclusive /pri klooh"siv/, adj. —preclusively, adv. /pri kloohd"/, v.t., precluded, precluding. 1. to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction. 2. to exclude or debar from something: His physical disability precludes an athletic career for him. [1610-20; < L praecludere to shut off, close, equiv. to prae- PRE- + -cludere, comb. form of claudere to shut, CLOSE] Syn. 1. forestall; eliminate. |
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