Prevent，阻止、阻礙、阻撓。Pvent doing sth，阻止做某事。Pvent sb from doing sth，阻止某人做某事。Pvent通常會接所有格形容詞+動名詞或接受詞+from+動名詞。當(dāng)主詞沒有必要列出時，Pvent可以直接接動名詞，也可以接名詞。

Pvent例句

You can't Pvent my leaving.

You can't Pvent me from leaving.

I want to Pvent his getting sick.

I want to Pvent him from getting sick.

This campaign is designed to Pvent drowning.

Preventing stealing is our main goal this year.

We are working to Pvent forest fires.

This vaccine will Pvent malaria.

Pvent sth/sb from doing sth

from可用可不用。使用from，則句型為主謂賓+介詞短語作狀語（現(xiàn)代語法稱這個介詞短語為動詞的補足語）。

不用from，則句型為主謂賓結(jié)構(gòu)，動名詞復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu)作賓語。動名詞的邏輯主語為代詞時，正式語體用所有格表示，非正式語體用賓格表示。