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

• 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。
• 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。
• However, some banks believe that in order to maintain a reputation for financial strength, they need to pre-empt the full impact of the rules, which will be introduced gradually by 2019 and will redefine how the ratios are calculated.
  但是，一些银行认为，要维持财务稳健的声誉，他们必须为新规可能带来的影响做最充分的准备。资本新规将在2019年前逐步推出，并将重新定义资本比率的计算方式。
• Credible commitments to medium-term fiscal consolidation should precede monetary tightening to pre-empt Volcker-Reagan policy mismatches, which drive up interest rates.
  在实行紧缩货币政策之前，应先做出可信的中期财政巩固承诺，以预防沃克尔-里根（Volcker-Reagan）时期的政策错配，这种错配推高了利率。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Regulators and investors need a better grasp of such flows to pre-empt problems.
  监管者和投资者需要更好地掌握这些流量，才能防患于未然。
• He pre-empted any decision to sack him
  他预先阻止了所有解雇他的决定。