prevent是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. (from) 预防， 防止， 阻止， 制止， 妨碍，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《罪与罚》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- He looked uneasily and suspiciously about him to see whether there was not some guard, some mysterious watch being kept on him to prevent his escape.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《大卫科波菲尔》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The night was not so pleasant as the evening, for it got chilly; andbeing put between two gentlemen (the rough-faced one andanother) to prevent my tumbling off the coach, I was nearlysmothered by their falling asleep, and completely blocking me up.
-- We sat before a little fire, with two bricks put within the rustedgrate, one on each side, to prevent its burning too many coals; untilanother debtor, who shared the room with Mr. Micawber, came infrom the bakehouse with the loin of mutton which was our joint-stock repast.
-- You must prevent it,Agnes, while there's time.'
-- I led him up the dark stairs, to prevent his knocking his headagainst anything, and really his damp cold hand felt so like a frogin mine, that I was tempted to drop it and run away.
-- That would prevent it?
在简·奥斯汀的《爱玛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- What was unwholesome to him he regarded as unfit for any body; and he had, therefore, earnestly tried to dissuade them from having any wedding-cake at all, and when that proved vain, as earnestly tried to prevent any body's eating it.
-- But as to my letting her marry Robert Martin, it is impossible; she has refused him, and so decidedly, I think, as must prevent any second ap-plication.
-- Chapter XThough now the middle of December, there had yet been no weather to prevent the young ladies from tolerably reg-ular exercise; and on the morrow, Emma had a charitable visit to pay to a poor sick family, who lived a little way out of Highbury.
-- Every body must be aware that Miss Taylor must be missed, but every body ought also to be assured that Mr. and Mrs. Weston do really prevent our missing her by any means to the extent we ourselves anticipated which is the exact truth.'
-- 'Quite sea-sonable; and extremely fortunate we may think ourselves that it did not begin yesterday, and prevent this day's party, which it might very possibly have done, for Mr. Woodhouse would hardly have ventured had there been much snow on the ground; but now it is of no consequence.
在托马斯·哈代的《远离尘嚣》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The wind came in at the bottom of the door, and to prevent it Oak laid a sack there and wheeled the cot round a little more to the south.
-- I knew that what I said in admiration might be an opinion too often forced upon you to give any pleasure, but I certainly did think that the kindness of your nature might prevent you judging an uncontrolled tongue harshly which you have done and thinking badly of me and wounding me this morning, when I am working hard to save your hay."
-- "Never, if I can prevent it!"
-- Under the staddles was a long tethering chain, used to prevent the escape of errant horses.
-- Troy started visibly at the sound of the voice; yet he seemed to recover presence of mind sufficient to prevent himself from giving way to his impulse to suddenly turn and face her.
在玛丽·雪莱的《弗兰肯斯坦》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At first I attempted to prevent her; but she persisted, and entering the room where it lay, hastily examined the neck of the victim, and clasping her hands exclaimed, 'O God!I have murdered my darling child!'
-- If she is, as you believe, innocent, rely on the justice of our laws, and the activity with which I shall prevent the slightest shadow of partiality.'
-- I carried pistols and a dagger constantly about me and was ever on the watch to prevent artifice, and by these means gained a greater degree of tranquillity.
-- But I discovered no trace of him and was beginning to conjecture that some fortunate chance had intervened to prevent the execution of his menaces when suddenly I heard a shrill and dreadful scream.
在玛格丽特·米切尔的《乱世佳人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Her face felt stiff as from pain and her mouth actually hurt fromhaving stretched it, unwillingly, in smiles to prevent the twins from learning her secret.
-- She could and did love Ashley with the last breath in her body, but that did not prevent herfrom inveigling other men into asking to marry her.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《远大前程》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It may prevent some persons laying under suspicion alonger me."
-- It was a wonderful equipage, with six great coronets outside, and ragged things behind for I don't know how many footmen to hold on by, and a harrow below them, to prevent amateur footmen from yielding to the temptation.
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