防止 | fáng zhǐ | to prevent; to guard against; to take precautions | |
防治 | fáng zhì | to prevent and cure; prevention and cure | |
预防 | yù fáng | to prevent; to take precautions against; to protect; to guard against; precautionary; prophylactic | |
国防 | guó fáng | national defense | |
防范 | fáng fàn | to be on guard; wariness; to guard against; preventive |
1 | I would say that it can also cure hiccups but, frankly, a glass of water should do the same thing, as the chemicals in coke don' t offer any special "anti-hiccup" magic. | |
2 | I shall have to watch my step. | |
3 | One should never intend to do harm to others, but should always guard against the harm others might do to him. | |
4 | "For the United States, that means the continued application of advanced technology and pollution-prevention techniques at every step of the process, from production to consumption," he said. | |
5 | Those safeguards 'would not provide complete protection' against lightning, but they would reduce the likelihood of lightning severely affecting train operation, Mr. He said. |