An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

防患于未然。

Well, it's a sort of a preemptive strike.

算是防患于未然的治疗手段。

It's good to nip small problems in the bud before they turn into big problems.

小事化无，防患于未然。

It will help prevent problems and help you recover.

一边防患于未然，一边“亡羊补牢”。

Oh, you need to nip that in the bud.

噢，你应该防患于未然。

And so, local people have started growing their own glaciers as insurance against this uncertainty.

因此，当地的居民开始人工制造冰川，防患于未然。

You can avoid this by keeping your photos backed up on the Internet.

为防患于未然，你可以把照片备份到互联网上。

Did you get that, friends, to nip something in the bud?

朋友们，你们明白了吗？要防患于未然。

A great expression for that kind of behavior is, " An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" .

这种行为的一个不错表达是，" 防患于未然。"

'Just how awful this must be for you. Now that I know, we can nip this in the bud'.

" 我们知道这对你来说有多难过，既然我了解了情况，我们以后会防患于未然。"

The goal here is really to keep dogs and people healthy as long as possible before they get sick.

而现在我们的目标是，提早做好健康措施，防患于未然。

But with this help that they are giving us, we'll reduce the effect of diarrhea from this local community.

但确实防患于未然，消杀有助于缓解腹泻对该安置点的负面影响。”

So instead of trying to cure disease, we can help prevent it from happening in the first place.

与其说治病，不如防患于未然。

She seemed mentally unstable. So, I nipped that problem in the bud.

她看起来精神不稳定。所以，我防患于未然了。

Now, U.S. researchers have identified a new way to treat infected people before they get sick.

不过，现在美国学者已经找到一种防患于未然的治疗方法。

So what do you think this American idiom means? Nip it in the Bud Listen to these friends talking

你觉得这个美语习语是什么意思？防患于未然让我们听听这对朋友的谈话。

And of course, just to review, if you nip something in the bud, usually it's a bad thing.

当然，回顾一下，如果你防患于未然，通常指的是不好的事情。

If you nip something in the bud, it means you cut it off.

如果你防患于未然，意味着你将其扼杀在萌芽状态。

For example, if a country announces strong measures for containing a virus, we could say, " An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" .

例如，如果一个国家宣布采取强有力的措施来控制病毒，我们可以说，" 防患于未然。"

" An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, " is one of his most famous sayings.

" 防患于未然" 是他最有名的名言之一。