All 3 Uses of
prevent
in
This Side of Paradise
- I'd like to travel, but of course this tiresome war prevents that.†
Chpt 1.3prevents = stops (something from happening)
- It's so evident that resigning from his club means so much more to him than preventing it does to us that I felt futile when I argued; finally took a position that was brilliantly neutral.†
Chpt 1.4preventing = stopping (something from happening)
- Don't be a spoil-sport—remember, you have a tendency toward wavering that prevents you from being the entire light of my life.†
Chpt 2.3 *prevents = stops (something from happening)
Definition:
to stop (something from happening)