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防止;防避;防護;保護

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Forefend \Fore*fend"\, v. t. [OE. forfenden; pref. for- + fenden
   to fend. See {Fend}, v. t.]
   To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of;
   to forbid or prohibit. See {Forfend}.

         God forefend it should ever be recorded in our history.
                                                  --Landor.

         It would be a far better work . . . to forefend the
         cruelty.                                 --I. Taylor.