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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• Iran has indicated that its threat to cut oil supplies to European states in order to pre-empt a European Union oil embargo that comes into effect in July may be only a symbolic one.
  伊朗已暗示，它有关在欧盟（eu）石油禁运生效之前先发制人、切断对欧洲国家石油供应的威胁，可能只不过是说说而已。
• 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。
• Morgan Stanley has sought to pre-empt new rules capping cash pay-outs on Wall Street, deferring 60 per cent of employees '2010 bonuses.
  摩根士丹利（MorganStanley）宣布延迟支付2010年员工奖金的60%，试图绕开即将出台的限制华尔街现金奖金的新规。
• 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。
• Companies that prefer to pre-empt that can do so.
  那些愿意主动改进的企业，可以采取相应措施。
• They see a mercantilist China single-mindedly moving to pre-empt world oil supplies.
  他们看到，具有重商主义倾向的中国正在一门心思地抢占世界石油供应。
• To pre-empt such opposition, SWFs last year agreed on the "Santiago Principles", a code of conduct promising transparent and non-political investments.
  为先发制人地克服这种反对，去年一些主权财富基金达成了《圣地亚哥原则》（santiagoprinciples），这是一套行为准则，承诺进行透明和非政治性的投资。