PREVENTwhen something bad is stopped from happening 预防;防止;阻止
prevention of
Educating new drivers is important for the prevention of accidents.
教育新司机对于预防事故很重要。
crime/accident/fire etc prevention
Effective crime prevention must be our main goal.
有效预防犯罪必须是我们的主要目标。
a fire prevention officer
消防官员
You know what they say, prevention is better than cure (=it is better to stop something bad from happening than to remove the problem once it has happened).
prevention is better than cure• Corrosion is the mainkiller of Land Rovers and, as with humanailments, prevention is better than cure.• You can use the Alexander Technique as a preventative measure: after all, prevention is better than cure.• I have known it to be successfully treated with black sulphurpowdermixed with water but prevention is better than cure.• The old adage that prevention is better than cure certainly holds true; as some contractors have discovered to their cost.• The very first rule, as with all sickness, is that prevention is better than cure.• The message that prevention is better than cureapplies just as much to dental problems as it applies to heartdisease.• Therefore prevention is better than cure.