preventable
🇬🇧 UK/pri'vɛntəbl/🇺🇸 US/pri'ventәb(ә)l/
A2
Definitions
adj.
Capable of being avoided or stopped before it happens
可预防的;可避免的
n.
Something that can be prevented
可预防之事
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.preventable disease可预防的疾病
- 2.preventable death可避免的死亡
- 3.largely preventable在很大程度上可预防的
- 4.entirely preventable完全可以避免的
Example Sentences
- 1.
Doctors say that most cases of heart disease are entirely preventable with lifestyle changes.
- 2.
The report revealed that hundreds of workplace deaths each year are preventable.
- 3.
It is tragic that so many children die from preventable illnesses in developing countries.