preventable

preventable — adjective

1. describing harm, illness, injury, or a problem that could have been avoided if s

1.形容詞B2
釋義

describing harm, illness, injury, or a problem that could have been avoided if someone had taken earlier action to stop it

例句

Most heart disease is preventable through diet and regular exercise.

collocation: preventable disease / preventable illness

The child's death was preventable — a simple vaccine would have saved her life.

collocation: preventable death

同義詞
  • avoidable

    more general than 'preventable'; can apply to any situation, not just negative outcomes

  • avertable

    less common; specifically used for disasters or crises that were narrowly avoided

  • stoppable

    informal; broader meaning — anything that can be halted, not necessarily beforehand

反義詞
  • unavoidable

    applies to situations that could not have been prevented by any action

  • inevitable

    stronger than 'unavoidable'; suggests the outcome was certain to happen regardless of action

文法句型

preventable + noun

be + preventable

用法筆記

Frequently used with nouns describing negative outcomes — disease, death, accident, injury, mistake, error, loss, damage. Very common in medical, public-health, and safety contexts.

常見錯誤

❌Washing hands is a preventable measure against infection.
✅Washing hands is a preventive measure against infection.
💡'preventable' means something that can be stopped; 'preventive' means something that helps stop it.