He added that he had warned Mclaughlin that three preventable accidents in one year could lead to his discharge,as indeed it should.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ
可以预防的;可以防止的;可以阻止的
Preventable diseases, illnesses, or deaths could be stopped from occurring.
例句
Forty-thousand children a day die from preventable diseases...每天有4万个孩子死于本可以预防的疾病。Most common health upsets that spoil a holiday are easily preventable.导致假期泡汤的大多数常见的身体不适都是很容易预防的。
英汉词典释义
adj.
可阻止的;可预防的
These injuries are entirely preventable.这些伤害完全可以预防。Children are still dying in their millions from preventable diseases.仍有数以百万计的儿童死于可预防的疾病。
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. capable of being prevented;
"conscious of preventable human suffering"- A.L.Guerard