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。
• Also at the Thursday meeting, the F.C.C. approved an order to pre-empt state laws that limit the build-out of municipal broadband Internet services.
  也是在周四的会议上，FCC批准了一条命令，事先禁止了各州限制市政府扩建宽带互联网服务的法律。
• In a bid to pre-empt their competitors, they have reduced the price of many of their refrigerators.
  为了在投标中抢在对手前面，他们已经将他们的许多冰箱降低了价格。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A shop or factory where people work long hours for poor pay. The workers took control of the factory in order to pre-empt its sale by the owners.
  工人工作时间长而报酬很低的工厂。工人们先发制人接管了工厂以阻止厂主将工厂出售。
• 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。