| 1. | To forestall is better than to amend .
与其补救于已然，不如防范于未然。 |
| 2. | Prevention is better than cure .
与其补救于已然，不如防范于未然。 |
| 3. | There is a price to be paid for maintaining these safeguards .
维持这些防范措施是要付出代价的。 |
| 4. | One clear-cut result is worth a dozen wise precautions .
一个明显的成果抵得上十多个聪明的防范措施。 |
| 5. | They guard this relationship jealously against all outsiders .
他们小心翼翼地维护这种关系，防范一切外来者。 |
| 6. | They had had one secret meeting, with elaborate precautions .
他们已秘密地接过头，事先曾采取了周密的防范措施。 |
| 7. | This use of lawyers by business people is called preventive law .
企业家这样使用律师，叫做防范性法律顾问工作。 |
| 8. | He ruminated on his defences before he should accost her father .
他在与她父亲搭话前，仔细地考虑着他的防范措施。 |
| 9. | Our deterrent weapons are guarded against accidental explosion or use .
我们的威慑武器都有人守卫，防范意外爆炸或使用。 |
| 10. | But in his book or his picture the real man delivers himself defenceless .
但是在他写的书、画的画里面，他却毫无防范地把自己显露出来。 |
