Before,people with special needs were often prevented from physical activity out of concern that they would hurt themselves or be unable to compete.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

We're prevented from rushing to the end of the sentence, or to the end of the poem, because at least as far as the -- well, you can understand why.

想直接读到句末，到,诗的结尾，因为--你们知道为什么。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

She was paralyzed in speech just as she was prevented from even moving.

她在演说中僵住了,正如她无法均匀前进一样。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Mr.Mousavi remains under a virtual house-arrest and has been prevented from using either government TV or the local press to speak to the Iranian people.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

Banks, as I say, are with us to stay; we just have to improve our regulation and disclosure requirements so that banks can be prevented from taking unnecessary risks.

如我所说,银行与我们同在,我们只需要完善对监管,和信息披露需求,这样银行就可以避免追求不必要的风险

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Among those prevented from approaching the area was 36-year-old Dmitri Diliani, a member of the Revolutionary Council of the ruling Palestinian Fatah faction of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

And yet, their subconscious mind limited them, prevented them from breaking that barrier that happened to be not a physical barrier as doctors, physiologists and scientists had claimed.

然而他们的潜意识限制了他们，阻止他们突破界限,那不是医生，生理学家和科学家们声称的身体界限。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Mr.Loughner did not have a record of crimes or mental problems that would have prevented him from buying a gun.

VOA: special.2011.01.15

We're continually being prevented from reading the text to get to the end.

我们总是觉得想快些读到结尾。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

I imagined there were still secrets in Nature that the limited power of my equipment prevented me from knowing.

VOA: special.2009.07.18

with thy humble ode," he's also saying that the wise men should be prevented from making it to the manger at all, that somehow the wise men need to be headed off at the pass and precluded from presenting any gifts to the Infant God that may compete with the so-called humble ode of John Milton.

要尽先把你们卑微的歌辞献上“,他同时也在说应该阻止那些术士们,不让他们到达马槽那里，不管用什么方式，都要在途中阻拦住那些术士们,不让他们把与弥尔顿所谓的谦逊的颂歌,相竞争的礼物,放在圣婴的脚下。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

The author says Lead Belly's contract with the Lomaxes' prevented him from being represented by anyone else for five years.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

When bad weather prevented navigators from seeing the sun,moon or stars, they had to use a method called "dead reckoning" to find the ship's position.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

In this way,he prevented Hershey,Pennsylvania from becoming a factory town in which the workers were forced to pay their employers for a place to live.

VOA: special.2010.12.05

Doctor Craven believed that the bleeding took place because aspirin prevented blood from thickening.

VOA: special.2009.10.20

The Valley Heads Moraine prevented old rivers from flowing south, as they had before.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

This prevented the majority of southern whites from voting for Democrats and against Republicans.

VOA: special.2010.02.04

But they prevented cattle from pushing over the fences and destroying crops.

VOA: special.2010.04.15

"A one-size-fits-all approach would have put small farmers and ranchers out of business or prevented them from providing locally produced, healthy fresh food to consumers who want it."

VOA: special.2011.01.11

And another prevented the constitution from being changed for seven years.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

The dispute over slavery had prevented Congress from acting earlier.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

And the latest data that were releasing today from WHO five million deaths have been prevented with that kind of support.

VOA: standard.2010.01.29

World Bank chief economist Justin Lin says the global slowdown has prevented up to 90 million people from moving out of poverty.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

Holmes said Sudanese government efforts to fill the most critical gaps have been inadequate, but have for the moment prevented a secondary humanitarian crisis from erupting.

VOA: standard.2009.06.11

"Some of you may recall that in June there was an attack on the Sobat river, which effectively prevented food assistance from being delivered by river,".

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

General Jacoby says Iraqi security forces are improving every day, and took action in three of the four attacks on Tuesday that prevented them from being worse.

VOA: standard.2009.12.11

He also lauded the Islamic Republic and the people for their achievements over a 30 year history, saying they have prevented Western "enemies from accomplishing their evil goals."

VOA: standard.2009.07.20

Doctors say this early detection has prevented Rajamanickam from becoming blind.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25