preventive

preventive — 形容詞

1. done or put in place ahead of time to make sure that an unwanted situation, illn

1.形容詞C2
釋義

預防；防範

旨在防止問題或疾病發生的

done or put in place ahead of time to make sure that an unwanted situation, illness, or problem does not happen or get worse.

例句

The city installed speed bumps as a preventive measure on streets near the school.

市政府在學校附近的街道上安裝了減速丘，作為一項預防措施。

collocation: preventive measure

Ryo goes for regular dental check-ups as a form of preventive health care.

Ryo 定期接受牙科檢查，作為預防保健的一環。

collocation: preventive health care

同義詞
  • precautionary

    focuses on actions taken to avoid a specific danger or risk, especially in safety contexts

  • prophylactic

    very formal and primarily medical; used for treatments or drugs that prevent disease

  • preemptive

    strikes first to stop an enemy or competitor, rather than preventing a general problem

反義詞
  • reactive

    responding to problems after they have already happened, rather than stopping them beforehand

  • corrective

    fixing something that has already gone wrong, not preventing it

文法句型

preventive + noun (measure / care / maintenance / treatment)

be + preventive

用法筆記

Commonly appears before nouns such as 'measure', 'care', 'maintenance', 'treatment', 'action'. The alternative spelling 'preventative' is also widely used and means the same thing, though 'preventive' is more frequent in formal and medical English.

常見錯誤

❌Washing hands is a preventable measure against the flu.
✅Washing hands is a preventive measure against the flu.
💡'preventable' (can be stopped) is different from 'preventive' (helps stop it).
❌The doctor suggested a prevention treatment.
✅The doctor suggested a preventive treatment.
💡the adjective form is 'preventive', not 'prevention'.

preventive — 名詞