"prevent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

prevent verbo

prevent + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 635
prevent diseases • prevent attacks • prevent damage • prevent infection • prevent injuries • prevent cancer • prevent abuse • ...
verbo + prevent
Kolokacji: 220
help prevent • prevent from escaping • prevent by changing • prevent from killing • prevent from winning • used prevent • ...
prevent + preposición
Kolokacji: 29
prevent from • prevent by • prevent during • prevent through • prevent into • ...
prevent + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 29
effectively prevent • successfully prevent • actually prevent • further prevent • completely prevent • ...
(1) effectively, potentially
Kolokacji: 2
(4) temporarily, permanently
Kolokacji: 2
1. temporarily prevent = chwilowo zapobiegnij temporarily prevent
  • Justicia took on a list but the watertight doors were closed in time, temporarily preventing her from sinking.
  • Short passenger rides were given at Bideford until vandalism temporarily prevented services operating.
  • The pin temporarily prevents White from playing d2-d4.
  • He temporarily prevented two black students - the first ever - from registering at the University of Alabama.
  • It is also possible to temporarily prevent the passage of objects through an anomaly by the application of an electric current.
  • Late last year the insurance industry secured injunctions at least temporarily preventing the laws from taking effect.
  • Cold oil can temporarily prevent the vehicle's engine from starting using the ignition.
  • During some of these incidents, U.S. citizens have been trapped and temporarily prevented from leaving the area.
  • The musician's union temporarily prevented its members from recording music for the film.
  • He hoped it was not for some women's troubles, for that would temporarily prevent her from working in the circle.
2. permanently prevent = wiecznie zapobiegnij permanently prevent
(5) necessarily, essentially
Kolokacji: 2
(6) generally, narrowly
Kolokacji: 2
(7) deliberately, accidental
Kolokacji: 2

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