forestall 详细解释
forestall
[fɔ:'stɔ:l]
v.领先, 占先一步, 先发制人
vt.
抢先行动以破坏(或阻止); 先发制(人)
I left the room to forestall involvements.
我抢先离开了这房间以免受牵累。
We forestalled the attempt to steal the jewels by having them removed.
我们抢在偷盗珠宝的图谋得逞之前将它们转移了。
词形变化
名词: forestaller | 动词过去式: forestalled | 动词过去分词: forestalled | 动词现在分词: forestalling | 动词第三人称单数: forestalls |
英英释义
动词 forestall:
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
同义词：prevent, foreclose, preclude, forbid
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
同义词：anticipate, foresee, counter
补充
forestallforestall英:[fɔ:ˈstɔ:l] 美:[fɔrˈstɔl, for-]vt.1.先发制人, 预先阻止She forestalled their attempt.她先发制人, 阻止了他们的企图。例句
1. He made to open the door but Bunbury forestalled him.他想要打开房门, 但是邦伯里抢先一步阻止了他。 2. His object was to forestall collusion.他的目的是阻止共谋。 3. Large numbers of police were in the square to forestall any demonstrations.大批警察抢先进驻广场以防止发生示威游行。 4. They forestalled any attempt to steal the jewels by having them moved to a safer place.他们把珠宝转移到了一个较为安全的地方，阻止了任何偷窃珠宝的企图。 5. By settling the deal by telephone, Mr. Field had forestalled all his competitors.费尔德先生用电话谈妥了那次买卖，他比他所有的竞争对手都占先了一步。 6. to forestall the market垄断市场 7. they will present their resignations to forestall a vote of no confidence.为阻止投不信任票，他们将抢先提出辞呈。 8. she made to rise but Erika forestalled her and got the telephone pad.她准备起身，但埃里卡抢先拿起了电话记事本。 9. Negotiations failed to forestall the conflict.谈判未能阻止冲突的发生。 10. His comments were meant to forestall criticism of his proposal.他的评论意在阻止人们对他的提案进行批评。 11. He forestalled critics by offering a defense of the project.他抢在评论家之前，为这个项目进行辩解。热门单词推荐
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