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		WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 主要翻译 |  preventive,  preventative adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house."  |  (action: precautionary) (行动) | 预防的,防备的 
  |  |   | You can take preventive measures to reduce crime in your area. |  preventive,  preventative adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house."  |  (medicine: preventing illness) (医药) | 预防性的,防治的,防病的 
  |  |   | Healthy foods can have the same effect as preventive medicines. |  
 WordReference English-Chinese Dictionary © 2019: | 复合形式: |  | preventive detention nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  (custody, imprisonment of [sb] before trial) | 预防性拘留  yù fáng xìng jū liú |  |   |   | 防范性羁押  fáng fàn xìng jī yā |  | preventive measure nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  (action taken to prevent [sth]) | 防范措施  fáng fàn cuò shī |  |   |   | 预防措施  yù fáng cuò shī |  |   |   | 防治手段  fáng zhì shǒu duàn |  |   | Some women use birth control pills as a preventive measure to avoid pregnancy. |  | preventive war nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.  |  (to prevent greater conflict) | 预防性战争  yù fáng xìng zhàn zhēng  |  |   | Many historians regard World War I as a preventive war. |  
 Collins Chinese Dictionary Plus (3rd edition), 2011: preventive [prI'vEntIv] adj  [+ measures, medicine] 预(預)防的 yùfáng de 在这些条目还发现'preventive': 在英文解释里: precaution  |