英和和英

読み方 ふせぐ

他動詞

To defend oneself against （the enemy）; to protect oneself against, keep out （the cold）; to prevent （a disease）; to check （the progress of a disease）; to fend off, stave off, ward off, keep off （a disaster, etc.）

用例

• 敵を防ぐ
  to defend oneself against the enemy―fight the enemy

• 敵を防いで国を守る
  to defend the country against the enemy
• 勇敢に敵を防いで城を守った
  They bravely defended the castle against the enemy.
• 寒気を防ぐ
  to protect oneself against the cold―keep out the cold
• 飢餓を防ぐ
  to fend off famine―keep hunger away―keep the wolf from the door
• 滅亡を防ぐ
  to fend off ruin―stave off ruin―ward off ruin―keep off ruin
• 火を防ぐ
  to fight the fire―keep the fire under―check the conflagration
• 水を防ぐ
  to fight the waters―prevent the river from overflowing―prevent the sea from gaining on the land
• 病を未発に防ぐ
  to prevent a disease
• 伝染を防ぐ
  to prevent infection
• 病勢の進みを防ぐ
  to check the progress of a disease
• 事を未然に防ぐ
  to nip an evil in the bud―destroy an evil in the egg
• 蚊軍の襲来を防ぐ
  to keep off the mosquitoes―smoke out the mosquitoes
• 塩は腐敗を防ぐ
  Salt preserves things from decay.