forestalled
英 [fɔːˈstɔːld]
美 [fɔːrˈstɔːld]
v. 预先阻止; 在(他人)之前行动; 先发制人
forestall的过去分词和过去式
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...
双语例句
- I had my objections all prepared, but Stephens forestalled me.
我已做好准备要提出反对意见,不料斯蒂芬却抢先一步。 - Pairing of the XY starts at early pachytene and completes at middle pachytene. The disappearance of XY chromosome is forestalled as compared with autosomal SC at later pachytene.
XY染色体的配对起始于早粗线期,成熟于中粗线期,在晚粗线期先于常染色体解联会;XY-SC开始解体于晚粗线期。 - Public primary and middle school operate in a administrative mode. Organizational management has been forestalled by administrative power and distribution of resources incline to administrators.
公办中小学基本上是在行政管理的模式下运作,学校组织管理被行政权力垄断,资源分配向管理人员倾斜。 - Many of these consequences will be forestalled by the fact that no other country can yet replace the US at the centre of the global system.
以下事实将会阻止这其中许多结果的发生:那就是迄今为止,尚未有任何其它国家可以替代美国,成为全球体系的核心。 - But the US Government's strict export control has forestalled normal business with China.
由于美国政府严格的出口管制,众多美国公司正常的对华贸易活动难以开展。 - She nodded almost imperceptibly and then opened her mouth, but Snape forestalled her.
她几乎不易察觉地点了点头,张开嘴想说话,但斯内普抢先阻止了她。 - Disrupting it thus forestalled the risk of creating anything nasty.
破坏它提前防止了引起麻烦问题的危险性。 - Stock investment is its main business, and operational system is a focal point, so the tendency of risk should be forestalled;
证券投资是其主要业务,运作制度是重点,应防止风险倾向; - He was about to speak but she forestalled him.
他正打算讲话,她却抢先阻止了他。 - I meant to meet my friend at the station, but she forestalled me by arriving on an earlier train and coming to the house.
我打算去车站接我的朋友,但她乘了前面的一班火车抢先到了我的家。