forestalled

英 [fɔːˈstɔːld]

美 [fɔːrˈstɔːld]

v.  预先阻止; 在(他人)之前行动; 先发制人
forestall的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• Mosquito breeding can be forestalled by killing the insect at its adult or and larval pupal stages.
  把蚊子的成虫或及幼虫蛹杀灭，可防止蚊子滋生。
• He forestalled all his competitors.
  他比所有的竞争者都占先了一步。
• Although the plan has forestalled Armageddon in the American housing market, it is no cure-all.
  尽管这一计划阻止了美国房地产市场末日战争的爆发，但是它并非包治百病。
• The fact that there are troubled banks from the us to Europe, Japan and Australia could hardly have been predicted or forestalled by a US regulator.
  从美国到欧洲、从日本到澳大利亚，都有银行陷入困境，这个事实几乎不可能被美国的一个监管机构预测到或事先加以阻止。
• How can disasters be forestalled when designing future metros?
  未来之设计如何防灾？
• She forestalled my plan to meet her. The scheme they made such a fuss about seems to have dropped through.
  她抢在我前面，使我要去接她的计划落了空。他们大肆嚷嚷的那个计划看来已经落空了。
• But the US Government's strict export control has forestalled normal business with China.
  由于美国政府严格的出口管制，众多美国公司正常的对华贸易活动难以开展。
• "The period of low interest rates in 2001 forestalled the day of reckoning for the consumer, and that set up a much larger consumer debt bubble," William Cunningham, global head of credit strategy at State Street Global advisors, said.
  “2001年的低利率迟滞了消费者结算的时间，并且催生了一个更大的消费信贷泡沫，”道富环球投资管理（statestreetglobaladvisors）信贷策略部门全球主管威廉坎宁安（williamcunningham）说。
• His three companions made the introductory gesture of eloquent speech; but the young man at the door forestalled them.
  他的三个伙伴好象准备作长篇演说似的做了个开场的手势；可是门口那个年轻人抢先说话了。
• He was about to speak but she forestalled him.
  他正打算讲话，她却抢先阻止了他。