[译] 没有什么能阻止他独自一人作环球航行。
[误] Nothing could prevent him to sail round the world single-handed.

[正] Nothing could prevent him from sailing round the world single-handed.
[正] Nothing could prevent him sailing round the world single-handed.
[正] Nothing could prevent his sailing round the world single-handed.
[注] 表示“阻止某人做某事”，可以说 prevent sb. from doing sth., prevent sb. doing sth. 或 prevent sb’s doing sth., 但不能说 prevent sb. to do sth., 因为 prevent 不能与动词不定式连用。