forestall
vt. 先发制人，预先阻止；垄断，屯积；领先；占先一步
vt.
先发制人，预先阻止；垄断，屯积；领先；
变形
过去式：forestalled过去分词：forestalled现在分词：forestalling第三人称单数：forestalls
英英释义
forestall
v.
keep from happening or arising; make impossible
同义词：preventforecloseprecludeforbid
act in advance of; deal with ahead of time
同义词：anticipateforeseecounter
双语例句
用作动词(v.)
She forestalled my plan to meet her.
她抢在我前面，使我要去接她的计划落了空。
I have my objection all prepared,but Stephens forestall me.
我已做好准备要提出反对意见，不料斯蒂芬斯却抢先了一步。
We must act now to forestall disaster.
我们现在必须采取行动以防灾难。
We installed an alarm system to forestall break-in.
我们安装了一套警报系统来预防小偷的闯入。
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forestall (v.)
late 14c. (implied in forestalling), "to lie in wait for;" also "to intercept goods before they reach public markets and buy them privately," which formerly was a crime (mid-14c. in this sense in Anglo-French), from Old English noun foresteall "intervention, hindrance (of justice); an ambush, a waylaying," literally "a standing before (someone)," from fore- "before" + steall "standing position" (see stall (n.1)). Modern sense of "to anticipate and delay" is from 1580s. Related: Forestalled; forestalling.
1. He followed this rule in order to forestall rumors .
他遵守这条规矩是为了杜绝流言蜚语。
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2. We must forestall all the competitors to buy that patent.
我们必须抢在所有竞争对手前买下那个专利。
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3. Then we need to forestall the sentry from checking our cards through their computer.
接着，我们需要预防岗哨通过电脑检查我们的证件。
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4. 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。
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5. To act in advance so as to prevent; forestall.
抢在…之前预先防止；领先抢前。
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6. We must act now to forestall disaster.
我们现在必须采取行动以防灾难。 。
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7. 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。
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8. However scientists forestall that regular lack of sleep during childhood could deprive one of normal sleep for all their life.
然而，科学家垄断，经常睡眠不足在童年可以剥夺人的正常睡眠对他们所有的生活。
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9. It believes that further trade liberalisation can help forestall backsliding into protectionism and provide the engine for sustained economic growth world-wide.
进一步推动贸易自由化，有助遏止保护主义抬头，并促进全球经济持续增长。
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10. Large numbers of police were in the square to forestall any demonstrations.
大批（）在广场上以预先阻止任何（ ）。
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11. Did he seek to mar the brand of American democracy, to forestall anti-Russian activism for both Russians and their neighbors?
他是企图玷污美国的民主形象，预防俄罗斯及邻邦的反俄罗斯行动主义？
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12. Try to forestall their questions.
尽量不让他们问问题（作到先发制人）。
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13. I left the room to forestall involvements.
我抢先离开了这房间以免受牵累。
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14. To forestall is better than to amend.; Prevention is better than cure.
与其补救于已然，不如防范于未然。
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15. To forestall is better than to amend.; Prevention is better than cure.
与其补救于已然，不如防范于未然。
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16. 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。
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17. To forestall is better than to amend.
与其补救于已然, 不如防范于未然。
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18. To prevent from arriving or occurring;forestall.
先发制人采取行动阻止…的到来或发生；预先阻止
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19. He followed this rule in order to forestall rumors.
他遵守这条规矩是为了杜绝流言蜚语。
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20. forestall the market
垄断市场
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21. Government leaders may grant union demands in order to forestall disorder and to avoid threats of takeovery by others.
政府领导人可能同意工会的要求以防止混乱和避免其他人夺权的威胁。
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22. To act in advance so as to prevent;forestall.
抢在…之前预先防止；领先抢前
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23. I left the room to forestall involvements.
我抢先离开了这房间以免受牵累。
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24. a spokesperson for a political party or candidate who tries to forestall negative publicity.
一个政冶团体或一个不便于公开身份的人的代言人。
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25. How shrewd and deep must be that mind that would foresee and forestall all the accidents and chances of life.
要能预见并且预防人生中的一切意外和机缘，头脑必须多么精明深邃才行
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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