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

• China tried to pre-empt a potential showdown at the upcoming G20 summit yesterday when it warned the other large economies not to use the Toronto meeting as a platform to criticise its currency policy.
  中国昨日警告其它大型经济体，不要把20国集团（G20）多伦多峰会当成批评中国汇率政策的平台，此举可能是一种先发制人的摊牌。
• 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？
• They see a mercantilist China single-mindedly moving to pre-empt world oil supplies.
  他们看到，具有重商主义倾向的中国正在一门心思地抢占世界石油供应。
• 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。
• Finally, the foundations of EU economic governance must be strengthened to pre-empt crises.
  最后，我们必须抢在危机之前加强欧盟经济治理的基础。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 G20 commitments were meant to pre-empt such measures, but are not being honoured.
  20国集团的承诺旨在先发制人，预防此类举措出现，但未受到尊重。
• Mourinho then moved quickly to pre-empt speculation that was bound to follow the new addition to the squad.
  穆里尼奥随后很快转入占有先机的带来这个阵容中的新援的转会。