Preclude
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 避免, 排除
- ［英］ v. 避免, 排除 ( rule out in advance; prevent)
- ［记］ pre ( 预先) +clude ( 关闭) -> 提前关掉 -> 排除
- ［同］ 同根词: occlude ( 堵塞) ; exclude ( 排除)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
transitive verb (precluded; precluding)
- Etymology: Latin praecludere, from prae- + claudere to close — more at close
- Date: 1629
- 1. archaic close
- 2. to make impossible by necessary consequence ; rule out in advance
- ? preclusion noun
- ? preclusive adjective
- ? preclusively adverb
