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English

1. to prevent
2. to prevent; to take precautions against; to guard against; usually used in reference to some disease or illness
3. to take precautions against
4. to protect
5. to guard against
6. precautionary
7. prophylactic

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 為咗避免壞事發生而做準備，通常係講疾病

Examples

• 預防勝於治療

  prevention is better than cure

• 預防禽流感，勿摸活家禽。

  To avoid catching the bird flu, don't touch any birds or poultry.

• 最好嘅預防措施係喺陰道同肛交同口交時使用安全套。

  Tatoeba CC BY

• 棋可以喺社會上有好大嘅前途。 我喺呢度諗緊喺學校教書，順便諗埋用互聯網普及呢個遊戲，同埋預防阿爾茨海默病。

  Tatoeba CC BY

• 預防勝於治療。

  An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 这些措施可以预防疾病蔓延。

  These measures can prevent the disease from spreading.

  Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY

• 避孕套可以預防性傳播疾病。

  Condoms offer protection against STDs.

  Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY

• 我们采取了强有力的预防措施。

  We took strong measures to prevent it.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY