obviate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒb.viˌeɪt/    美 /ˈab.viˌeɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Synonym of obviative.
动词 v.
  1. To anticipate and prevent or bypass (something which would otherwise have been necessary or required); to render (something) unnecessary. transitive
    — […] and in the kindest manner she now urged Fanny’s taking one for the cross and to keep for her sake, saying everything she could think of to obviate the scruples which were making Fanny start back at first with a look of horror at the proposal.
  2. To avoid (a future problem or difficult situation). transitive
    — A mild dose of a warm active aperient to obviate costiveness, or to produce two motions daily, is generally very beneficial.
形容词 adj.
  1. Synonym of obviative. not-comparable
    — Colville has a rich deictic system with forms which distinguish, for example, between source and location, with each possibility characterized as proximate and obviate as well (Mattina, 1973).

词形变化

obviates present,singular,third-person obviating participle,present obviated participle,past obviated past obviates plural

词汇关系

近义词
avert preclude prevent
反义词
ensure entail necessitate require
相关词
obviable obviation obviator obvious

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1567; borrowed from Latin obviātus, perfect passive participle of obviō (“to block, to hinder”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
词源 2
Borrowed from Latin obviātus, see Etymology 1, -ate (noun-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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