Prevent 는 자주 소유격 형용사 + 동명사 또는 목적어 + from + 동명사가 뒤에 옵니다. Prevent 는 주어가 필요하지 않은 경우 동명사가 바로 뒤에 올 수 있고, 명사가 뒤따라 올 수도 있습니다.
예
- You can't prevent my leaving.
- You can't prevent me from leaving.
- I want to prevent his getting sick.
- I want to prevent him from getting sick.
- This campaign is designed to prevent drowning.
- Preventing stealing is our main goal this year.
- We are working to prevent forest fires.
- This vaccine will prevent malaria.