forestall

英 [fɔːˈstɔːl]

美 [fɔːrˈstɔːl]

v.  预先阻止; 在(他人)之前行动; 先发制人

第三人称单数：forestalls　现在分词：forestalling　过去式：forestalled　过去分词：forestalled　

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.18655 / COCA.16160

牛津词典

verb

• 预先阻止；在（他人）之前行动；先发制人
  to prevent sth from happening or sb from doing sth by doing sth first
  1. Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems.
     尽量预见你的孩子会干什么，并预先阻止问题发生。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 预先阻止;抢在…之前行动
  If youforestallsomeone, you realize what they are likely to do and prevent them from doing it.
  1. O'Leary made to open the door, but Bunbury forestalled him by laying a hand on his arm...
     奥利里想去开门，但是邦伯里抢先一把摁住了他的胳膊。
  2. Large numbers of police were in the square to forestall any demonstrations.
     广场上驻守着大批警察以防止任何示威活动。

英英释义

verb

• keep from happening or arising
  1. My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
  2. Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
  Synonym:preventforecloseprecludeforbid
• act in advance of
  Synonym:anticipateforeseecounter

双语例句

• In my last position we were able to forestall a potential lawsuit.
  我在之前的公司曾阻止了一次潜在的诉讼。
• These are all international efforts to forestall a financial crisis.
  这些是预先阻止金融危机的，国际化努力。
• Large numbers of police were in the square to forestall any demonstrations.
  广场上驻守着大批警察以防止任何示威活动。
• We forestall the attempt to steal the jewel by have them removed.
  我们抢在偷盗珠宝的图谋得逞之前将它们转移了。
• The US needs to forestall China seeking radical solutions such as this, since alternative solutions could be even more disruptive to the world economy or negative to the US.
  美国方面应先下手为强，防止中国诉诸如此激进的政策，因为类似这些备选方案对世界经济甚至可能更具破坏性，对美国造成不利影响。
• However, German bankers were last night set to bring forward reform of rules on pay and bonuses for this fiscal year, in what appeared to be an attempt to forestall any action by Ms Merkel.
  但德国的银行家们昨晚决定，提前对本财年的薪酬和奖金规则进行改革，这似乎是为了预先阻止默克尔采取任何行动。
• To forestall is better than to amend.
  与其补救于已然，不如防患于未然。
• We are complaining distain Baidu forestall behavior while, why to try to use them.
  咱们在抱怨鄙视百度垄断行为的同时，为什么不加以利用他们呢。
• I left the room to forestall involvements.
  我抢先离开了这房间以免受牵累。
• Some quarters in the United States think that the Japanese militants attacked suddenly to forestall the Emperor's reply.
  美国部分人士认为是日本主战派抢在天皇答复之前发动了突然袭击。