forestall

forestall读音音标

英 [fɔ:ˈstɔ:l]

美 [fɔrˈstɔl]

forestall意思解释

vt.

先发制人，预先阻止；

垄断，屯积；

领先；

变形

过去式：forestalled

过去分词：forestalled

现在分词：forestalling

第三人称单数：forestalls

英英释义

v.

keep from happening or arising; make impossible

同义词：preventforecloseprecludeforbid

act in advance of; deal with ahead of time

同义词：anticipateforeseecounter

双语例句

用作动词(v.)She forestalled my plan to meet her.她抢在我前面，使我要去接她的计划落了空。I have my objection all prepared,but Stephens forestall me.我已做好准备要提出反对意见，不料斯蒂芬斯却抢先了一步。We must act now to forestall disaster.我们现在必须采取行动以防灾难。We installed an alarm system to forestall break-in.我们安装了一套警报系统来预防小偷的闯入。