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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 

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

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
      1. 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。

    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.
      1. 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。
      2. 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。

    英英释义

    verb

    双语例句

    • As if to forestall any more questions, he began to jog through the sand.
      象是为了免得对方再多问似的,他索性在沙滩上小跑起来。
    • 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。
    • We are complaining distain Baidu forestall behavior while, why to try to use them.
      咱们在抱怨鄙视百度垄断行为的同时,为什么不加以利用他们呢。
    • 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。
    • We will strengthen financial supervision and control, and forestall and defuse financial risks.
      加强和改进金融监管,防范和化解金融风险。
    • The US needs to forestall China seeking radical solutions such as this, since alternative solutions could be even more disruptive to the world economy or negative to the US.
      美国方面应先下手为强,防止中国诉诸如此激进的政策,因为类似这些备选方案对世界经济甚至可能更具破坏性,对美国造成不利影响。
    • Or its iPhone and iPad software division& that was Scott forestall answering to jobs.
      同时也不负责iPhone和iPad的软件部门&这部分业务由斯科特•弗里斯托直接向乔布斯汇报。
    • 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。
    • I left the room to forestall involvements.
      我抢先离开了这房间以免受牵累。
    • 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。