prevention

释义

n. 阻止, 妨碍, 预防\n[医] 预防 fire prevention 防火 disease prevention 疾病预防 pollution prevention 污染预防；防止污染

例句

a fire prevention officer

消防官员

You know what they say, prevention is better than cure (= it is better to stop something bad from happening than to remove the problem once it has happened ) .

正所谓预防胜于治疗。