防止
fáng zhǐ
Pinyin
Definition
防止
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- to prevent
- to guard against
- to take precautions
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
令行禁止
- 1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
- 2 to ensure strictly obedience
以防万一
- 1 to guard against the unexpected (idiom); just in case
- 2 prepared for any eventualities
俭以防匮
- 1 frugality in order to prevent destitution (idiom)
充饥止渴
- 1 to allay one's hunger and slake one's thirst (idiom)
叹为观止
- 1 (idiom) to gasp in amazement
- 2 to acclaim as the peak of perfection
Sample Sentences
为了防止疫情反弹,武汉建立了疫情防控长效机制。“解封”首日,在黄鹤楼脚下的西城壕社区,不停忙碌的社区书记翁文静说:“我们是‘无疫情社区’,但依然主张非必要不出门。”
In order to prevent the pandemic from rebounding, Wuhan has set up a long-term mechanism for preventing and controlling the pandemic. The first day of "unlockdown", in the Xichenghao Community under Huanghelou, the community secretary Wong Wen Jing who has been working non-stop said, "We are the 'zero virus community', but still please do not go out if not necessary. "
好了,小菲,你去通知大家。下午我们开个会,关于防止类似事件的发生以及女员工该如何保护自己。
OK, Xiao Fei, go tell everyone. We'll have a meeting in the afternoon about how to prevent these kinds of situations and also about how female employees can protect themselves.
我倒觉得没那么严重,只要加强管理,注意环保,宠物的污染问题应该可以解决。至于传播疾病,只要定期给宠物注射疫苗,平时注意清洁,一旦被宠物抓伤或者咬伤及时处理,养宠物不仅不会威胁人类的安全,反而对健康有好处。有研究表明,养宠物可以调节情绪,对心脏病和一些慢性病有治疗作用,常和宠物接触还有助于防止儿童患过敏症,增强孩子的抵抗力呢。
这可不是危言耸听。在互联网时代,人们越来越依赖电脑,如果不积极防止各种病毒的危害,以免电脑故障和信息泄露,那将对我们的工作和生活造成巨大的影响。
I'm not just trying to scare you. In the Internet era, people rely on computers more and more. If we don't pro-actively guard against the danger from all kinds of viruses to prevent computer crashes and information leaks, it will have a huge effect on our work and life.