like: verhindern → →
verhindern ☊ 
tránh ☊ 
☊ einen Anschlag verhindern ☊ ngăn chặn một cuộc tấn công ☊ ☊ verhindern ☊ 避免 ☊ bì miǎn einen Anschlag verhindern ☊ 阻止一次袭击 ☊ zǔzhǐ yī cì xíjī Sie haben viel trainiert, um einen Misserfolg zu verhindern. ☊ Trước khi bắt đầu họ đã tập rất nhiều để tránh sự thất bại. ☊ (Lektion 49, Nr. 694) They took active steps to prevent the spread of the disease. ☊ active ☊
avoid doing sth: They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away. ☊ avoid ☊
She won't be invited again, not if I can help it (= if I can do anything to prevent it). ☊ sb can (not) help (doing) sth, sb can not help but do sth ☊
A UN force has been sent to keep the peace (= to prevent people from fighting). ☊ peace ☊
the peace movement (= that tries to prevent war by protesting, persuading politicians, etc.) ☊ peace ☊
prevent sth/sb: The accident could have been prevented. ☊ prevent ☊
The government took steps to prevent a scandal. ☊ prevent ☊
prevent (sb/sth) doing sth: Nothing would prevent him/his speaking out against injustice. ☊ prevent ☊
They were trying to prevent an even worse tragedy. ☊ worse ☊