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

• 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。
• 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。
• He pre-empted any decision to sack him
  他预先阻止了所有解雇他的决定。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• The workers took control of the factory in order to pre-empt its sale by the owners.
  工人们先发制人接管了工厂以阻止厂主将工厂出售。