forestall
英 [fɔːˈstɔːl]
美 [fɔːrˈstɔːl]
v. 预先阻止; 在(他人)之前行动; 先发制人
第三人称单数：forestalls 现在分词：forestalling 过去式：forestalled 过去分词：forestalled
Collins.1 / BNC.18655 / COCA.16160
牛津词典
verb
- 预先阻止；在（他人）之前行动；先发制人
to prevent sth from happening or sb from doing sth by doing sth first- Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems.
尽量预见你的孩子会干什么，并预先阻止问题发生。
- Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 预先阻止;抢在…之前行动
If youforestallsomeone, you realize what they are likely to do and prevent them from doing it.- O'Leary made to open the door, but Bunbury forestalled him by laying a hand on his arm...
奥利里想去开门，但是邦伯里抢先一把摁住了他的胳膊。 - Large numbers of police were in the square to forestall any demonstrations.
广场上驻守着大批警察以防止任何示威活动。
- O'Leary made to open the door, but Bunbury forestalled him by laying a hand on his arm...
英英释义
verb
- keep from happening or arising
- My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
- Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
- act in advance of
双语例句
- We forestall the attempt to steal the jewel by have them removed.
我们抢在偷盗珠宝的图谋得逞之前将它们转移了。 - Sensing the prevailing political winds, some bankers are already moving to forestall draconian new rules.
感觉到主导的政治风向，一些银行家已经开始提前适应这些苛刻的新规定。 - To forestall is better than to amend.
与其补救于已然，不如防患于未然。 - She is a beautiful girl in my dream, but I never detect it, forestall.
在我的梦里她是一个美丽的女孩儿，但我预先从没有察觉它。 - I left the room to forestall involvements.
我抢先离开了这房间以免受牵累。 - In my last position we were able to forestall a potential lawsuit.
我在之前的公司曾阻止了一次潜在的诉讼。 - Some quarters in the United States think that the Japanese militants attacked suddenly to forestall the Emperor's reply.
美国部分人士认为是日本主战派抢在天皇答复之前发动了突然袭击。 - However, German bankers were last night set to bring forward reform of rules on pay and bonuses for this fiscal year, in what appeared to be an attempt to forestall any action by Ms Merkel.
但德国的银行家们昨晚决定，提前对本财年的薪酬和奖金规则进行改革，这似乎是为了预先阻止默克尔采取任何行动。 - Berlin and Paris won endorsement for a blueprint to forestall a second crisis.
德国和法国政府赢得了支持，它们拿出一套蓝图来预防第二轮危机。 - They must also vary the loan-to-value ratio on commercial and residential mortgages to forestall real estate bubbles.
为预防房地产泡沫，他们也必须适时地调整商业和住宅抵押贷款的贷款价值比。