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
- But the main reason for action this week was to forestall financial-market panic.
而本周之所以这么做的主要原因是防止金融市场恐慌。 - 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。 - The company's proactive approach has been initiated to meet expected sales increases for these fasteners and to forestall any potential shortages in supply.
公司采取了前瞻性的手段以满足对这些紧固件预期中的增长,来避免潜在的供应短缺。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - I left the room to forestall involvements.
我抢先离开了这房间以免受牵累。 - 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。 - The 1933 Glass-Steagall act finally banned all payments on demand deposits by most American banks to forestall ruinous competition.
后来,1933年的《格拉斯-斯蒂格尔法案》(Glass-SteagallAct)禁止大部分美国银行支付活期存款利息,以防范破坏性的竞争。