pre-empt

英 [ˌpriː ˈempt]

美 [ˌpriː ˈempt]

v.  预先制止; 防止; 避免; 抢在…之前做(或说); 先发制人; 临时取代(广播时间表上的节目)

第三人称单数：pre-empts　

Collins.1

牛津词典

verb

• 预先制止；防止； 避免
  to prevent sth from happening by taking action to stop it
  1. A good training course will pre-empt many problems.
     良好的培训课程会防止许多问题产生。
• 抢在…之前做（或说）；先发制人
  to do or say sth before sb else does
  1. She was just about to apologize when he pre-empted her.
     她正想道歉，他却抢先说了。
• 临时取代（广播时间表上的节目）
  to replace a planned programme on the television
  1. The scheduled programme will be pre-empted by a special news bulletin.
     预先安排好的节目将临时换成特别新闻简报。

柯林斯词典

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 preempt


• VERB 抢先行动；预先制止；先发制人
  If youpre-emptan action, you prevent it from happening by doing something which makes it unnecessary or impossible.
  1. You can pre-empt pain by taking a painkiller at the first warning sign...
     刚出现征兆时，就服用止痛片来预防疼痛。
  2. He pre-empted any decision to sack him...
     他预先阻止了所有解雇他的决定。
  3. The government pre-empted a threatened strike at the state-owned copper company.
     政府先发制人，制止了国有铜矿公司可能发生的一次罢工。

英英释义

noun

• a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding
  Synonym:preemptive bidpreempt

双语例句

• This will allow both citizens and governments to monitor and remedy any disturbance in water quality and pre-empt potential health risks due to water contamination.
  这可以让公民和政府监测和纠正水质的失调，并抢先避免水污染造成的健康风险。
• Iran has indicated that its threat to cut oil supplies to European states in order to pre-empt a European Union oil embargo that comes into effect in July may be only a symbolic one.
  伊朗已暗示，它有关在欧盟（eu）石油禁运生效之前先发制人、切断对欧洲国家石油供应的威胁，可能只不过是说说而已。
• Companies that prefer to pre-empt that can do so.
  那些愿意主动改进的企业，可以采取相应措施。
• In a bid to pre-empt Brussels, Beijing this week challenged the legality of solar subsidies in Greece and Italy at the World Trade Organisation.
  为了先发制人，北京方面本周就希腊和意大利提供太阳能补贴的合法性向世界贸易组织（wto）提起申诉。
• The list has been drawn up by regulators under the auspices of the financial stability board, in an effort to pre-empt systemic risks from spreading around the world in any future financial crisis.
  该名单由监管机构在“金融稳定委员会”（financialstabilityboard）的主持下拟定，旨在预防系统性风险在未来金融危机中向全球扩散。
• Credible commitments to medium-term fiscal consolidation should precede monetary tightening to pre-empt Volcker-Reagan policy mismatches, which drive up interest rates.
  在实行紧缩货币政策之前，应先做出可信的中期财政巩固承诺，以预防沃克尔-里根（Volcker-Reagan）时期的政策错配，这种错配推高了利率。
• In what appeared to be a bid to pre-empt the embargo, Tehran announced at the weekend that it was cutting crude sales to French and British companies.
  伊朗周末宣布将削减对法国和英国企业的原油销售量，此举似乎是为了在禁运措施生效前先发制人。
• The fiscal cliff is a$ 600bn mix of spending cuts and tax rises set to take effect at the start of next year that could plunge the US back into recession if Congress does not act to pre-empt them.
  财政悬崖的规模为6000亿美元，包括一系列定于明年1月1日起生效的减支和增税。如果国会不采取行动防止美国跌落财政悬崖，美国经济有可能因此重新陷入衰退。
• Better to pre-empt it in the hope of gaining significant strategic advantage through a surprise attack.
  日本认为最好先发制人，以期通过偷袭来获得重大的战略优势。
• But why pre-empt it, when it is so much more fun – and so much better for marital harmony – not to?
  但为什么要提前过这样的生活，而不这么做将让你生活得更快乐，对于打造和谐的婚姻关系也更有好处？