preclude

verb
🔊/prɪˈkluːd/
🔊/prɪˈkluːd/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they preclude
🔊/prɪˈkluːd/
🔊/prɪˈkluːd/
he / she / it precludes
🔊/prɪˈkluːdz/
🔊/prɪˈkluːdz/
past simple precluded
🔊/prɪˈkluːdɪd/
🔊/prɪˈkluːdɪd/
past participle precluded
🔊/prɪˈkluːdɪd/
🔊/prɪˈkluːdɪd/
-ing form precluding
🔊/prɪˈkluːdɪŋ/
🔊/prɪˈkluːdɪŋ/
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  1. to prevent something from happening or somebody from doing something; to make something impossible使行不通;阻止;妨碍;排除
    • preclude something Lack of time precludes any further discussion.由于时间不足,不可能深入讨论。🔊🔊
    • Your failure to become a member this year does not preclude the possibility of your applying next year.您今年未能成为会员并不排除您明年申请的可能性。
    • preclude somebody from doing something My lack of interest in the subject precluded me from gaining much enjoyment out of it.由于对这个科目缺乏兴趣,我没有从中获得多少乐趣。🔊🔊
    • preclude (somebody) doing something His religious beliefs precluded him/his serving in the army.他的宗教信仰不允许他服兵役。
    • We cannot have a system that precludes people from seeking independent legal advice.我们不能建立阻止人们寻求独立法律意见的制度。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPreclude is used with these nouns as the object:
    • inclusion
    • interpretation
    • possibility
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    Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the sense ‘bar a route or passage’): from Latin praecludere, from prae ‘before’ + claudere ‘to shut’.