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

• He pre-empted any decision to sack him
  他预先阻止了所有解雇他的决定。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。