"For instance,using the word 'preclude' to mean 'precede.' Yeah,it sounds like 'precede,' but it means 'prevent.' And yet 'preclude' is not a particularly erudite term.

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The covenant with Yahweh will also, we shall see soon, preclude alliances with other human competitors.

接下来我们也会看到，与耶和华缔结的契约，同样阻止了和敌人的结盟。

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I think it might actually be the more obvious meaning, which is "to hinder" or "to preclude."

我认为那可能是更容易理解的意思，“阻碍“或“妨碍“

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