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
- 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。 - Berlin and Paris won endorsement for a blueprint to forestall a second crisis.
德国和法国政府赢得了支持，它们拿出一套蓝图来预防第二轮危机。 - She is a beautiful girl in my dream, but I never detect it, forestall.
在我的梦里她是一个美丽的女孩儿，但我预先从没有察觉它。 - 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。 - These are all international efforts to forestall a financial crisis.
这些是预先阻止金融危机的，国际化努力。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - We should improve the national security strategy and its work mechanism, and keep high vigilance against and resolutely forestall separatist activities and activities of infiltration and subversion carried out by hostile forces, so as to ensure national security.
完善国家安全战略和工作机制，高度警惕和坚决防范敌对势力的分裂、渗透、颠覆活动，确保国家安全。 - 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。