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

• All measures that implicitly pre-empt the establishment of political union are inconsistent and dangerous.
  暗中指向建立政治联盟的所有措施都是相互矛盾而危险的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many banks have implemented significant rises in base pay for bankers over the past year, in numerous cases doubling salaries to pre-empt expected cuts in payouts.
  许多银行都在过去一年大幅提高了银行家的底薪，其中很多都是翻番增加，以求在预期中的降薪趋势前率先行动。
• To pre-empt such opposition, SWFs last year agreed on the "Santiago Principles", a code of conduct promising transparent and non-political investments.
  为先发制人地克服这种反对，去年一些主权财富基金达成了《圣地亚哥原则》（santiagoprinciples），这是一套行为准则，承诺进行透明和非政治性的投资。
• The Federal Reserve ramped up its liquidity support operations again yesterday in an effort to reduce money market strains and pre-empt the possibility of funding crises at the year-end or at other stress points.
  美联储（federalreserve）昨日再度加大了对流动性的支持，以减轻货币市场压力，并先发制人，以降低今年年底或其它紧张时刻出现融资危机的可能性。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many banks, particularly weakened names such as UBS and Citigroup, have had to increase basic pay deals dramatically to pre-empt staff disappointment at the possibility of lower bonuses.
  许多银行（尤其是瑞银和花旗等实力遭到削弱的知名银行）不得不先发制人，大幅提高基本薪资，以防止员工因奖金可能减少而感到失望。