There's been talk of a retaliatory blockade to prevent supplies from getting through.

有人在谈论实施报复性封锁，以阻止供应物资通过。

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It was too late to prevent the story from appearing in the national newspapers.

要阻止全国性报纸刊登这件事情已为时太晚。

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This can prevent air from flowing freely to the lungs.

这可以防止空气任意流入肺部。

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To prevent that from happening, American Secretary of State John Hay proposed what became known as the "Open Door" policy.

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In order to keep the currency convertible they had to keep interest rates high to prevent people from demanding the gold.

为了保持货币的转换性,他们不得不将利率提高,以防人们向他们索求金子的兑换。

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You would have this initial response, now that initial response might be too slow to prevent you from getting chickenpox.

你对水痘病毒产生初始应答,这种初始应答可能,过于缓慢,无法预防水痘

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The NPT has been subverted by the very forces it was created to prevent from acquiring nuclear weapons.

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For instance, the issue whether additional stimulus spending that is presented as temporary may end up being politically difficult to prevent from becoming permanent.

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They spent millions of dollars trying to prevent us from reforming health care, millions of dollars trying to prevent us from reforming Wall Street.

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