prevent
pri'ventverb
A12,658th most heard wordIn 48 of 2278 videos (2%)heard 58 timeslast on Oct 16, 2026
- v. keep from happening or arising; make impossible
- v. stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
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- 9:48I like to shut my heat off just to prevent it from overcooking.我喜欢关掉火，以防它煮过头。For the Best Scallion Oil Noodles, Use These Two Sauces | America's Test Kitchen
- 12:19But you also hugely slow down medical progress and even completely prevent some new therapies.但你同时也极大地减缓了医学进步，甚至完全阻碍了一些新疗法的出现。This Woman Cured Her Cancer with an Insane Method
- 2:47One tool they can use to prevent catastrophes like the one at Buncefield is called a rester.他们可以用来防止像邦斯菲尔德那样的灾难的一种工具叫做阻焰器。4 Things We Can Learn From Explosions
- 2:56Gonna dip my hands in a little bit of water, and that's just gonna help me get really easy to roll these, and it'll prevent the meatballs from sticking to my hands.我要把手蘸一点水，这能帮我更容易地揉圆它们，也能防止肉丸粘在手上。For the Most Tender Meatballs, Start with a Saltine Panade | America's Test Kitchen
- 12:59Their fishguard tool can flag suspicious emails to assist in preventing hacks and data breaches.他们的 fishguard 工具可以标记可疑邮件，以帮助防止黑客攻击和数据泄露。NVIDIA Told me How to Benchmark RTX Spark
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