ngăn ngừa

Chúng ta cần ngăn ngừa cháy rừng bằng cách dọn sạch lá khô.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To prevent: To stop something from happening or arising.
   • To forestall: To act in advance to obstruct or hinder an anticipated event.
   • To avert: To turn away or ward off a potential danger or negative outcome.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Vắc-xin giúp ngăn ngừa bệnh tật. (Vaccines help to prevent disease.)
  • Chúng ta cần ngăn ngừa hỏa hoạn. (We need to prevent fires.)
  • Biện pháp này ngăn ngừa xung đột. (This measure averts conflict.)

Advanced Usage

• Used in formal, medical, technical, and policy contexts to describe proactive measures.
• Often implies a systematic or strategic action against a known risk.
  • Chính sách mới nhằm ngăn ngừa khủng hoảng kinh tế. (The new policy aims to forestall an economic crisis.)

Variants and Related Words

• Phòng ngừa (v): to take precautions, to prophylactically prevent. Often used interchangeably with ngăn ngừa, but can emphasize a more general preparatory defense.

  • Phòng ngừa là biện pháp tốt nhất. (Prevention is the best measure.)

• Ngăn chặn (v): to stop, to block, to obstruct. Often used when an event is already in its early stages or imminent, whereas ngăn ngừa is more purely preventive.

  • Ngăn chặn dịch bệnh lây lan. (To stop the epidemic from spreading.)

Synonyms

• Prevent: To keep from occurring.
• Forestall: To prevent by advance action.
• Avert: To prevent something bad from happening.
• Preclude: To make impossible in advance.

Related Idioms

• Ngăn ngừa từ xa: to prevent from afar; to take early, long-term preventive measures.

  • An ninh mạng phải ngăn ngừa từ xa. (Cybersecurity must prevent threats from the earliest stage.)

• Ngăn ngừa là trên hết: prevention is paramount.

  • Trong y tế, ngăn ngừa là trên hết. (In healthcare, prevention is paramount.)