pre-empt
低频词
[pri'empt]
释义
vi. 先发制人地叫牌
vt. （美）先占；先取得
词态变化
第三人称单数: pre-empts;过去式: pre-empted;过去分词: pre-empted;现在分词: pre-empting;
中文词源
pre-empt 防止，避免来自pre-emption的回构词，引申词义防止，避免。
英文词源
- pre-empt (v.)
- also preempt, 1830, "secure by pre-emtion," back-formation from pre-emption, originally American English. In the broascasting sense, it is attested from 1965, American English, a euphemism for "cancel." Related: pre-empted; preempted.
双语例句
- 1. The subject came up during a pre-dinner drink with our guests.
- 在与客人喝餐前酒的时候，有人提到了这个话题。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Children graduate to the kindergarten, then pre-school, and then school.
- 孩子们先上幼儿园，然后上学前班，再接着上小学。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Most pre-prepared weight loss products are next to useless.
- 大多数预制减肥产品几乎都没有什么功效。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. These ceremonies were already part of pre-Christian ritual in Mexico.
- 这些仪式已经成为墨西哥基督教时期以前的宗教仪式的一部分。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. For a decade "X" was the pre-eminent punk band in Los Angeles.
- 10年来，“X”乐队一直都是洛杉矶最杰出的朋克乐队。
来自柯林斯例句
实用场景例句
- 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。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- They staged a management buyout to pre - empt a takeover bid.
- 他们筹划买下资方的全部产权以便抢先得到兼并出价的好处.
互联网
- The workers took control of the factory in order to pre - empt its sale by the owners.
- 工人们 先发制人 接管了工厂以阻止厂主将工厂出售.
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