forestall

美音:[fɔr'stɔl] 英音:[fɔː(r)'stɔːl]

简单释义:


v.预先阻止;在(他人)之前行动;先发制人

网络预防;垄断;抢先

变形:

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


完整释义:


v.

1.阻碍,防止;免得,预防
2.事先采取措施以防止
3.抢先,占先;先下手
4.垄断,屯积
5.阻止
6.杜绝
7.排斥
8.先发制人


例句:

  1. The raids, Chennault insisted, would forestall Japanese expansion into Malaya , Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines.
    陈纳德强调说,此次行动将阻止日军进入马来亚,新加坡,荷属东印度群岛和菲律宾群岛。

  2. Their all through the ages objects China developing fundamental software, homebred base software breaks for fear that their forestall.
    它们历来反对中国发展基础软件,生怕国产基础软件打破它们的垄断。

  3. Determined to forestall a catastrophe, Malygos decreed that the world's unbridled magic must be reined in by any means necessary.
    为了防止更大的浩劫到来,玛里苟斯声称这个世界所有的魔法活动必须无条件立刻停止。

  4. Some Nigerians are privately urging the Obama administration to intervene behind the scenes to forestall a post election crisis.
    有的尼日利亚人私下要求奥巴马政府暗中介入,阻止选后危机的发生。

  5. The dreariness of forestall is corroding action at it, it can cause corruption, force people to abandon be apt to from evil, jumble society.
    垄断的可怕在于它的腐蚀作用,它能滋生腐败,迫使人们弃善从恶,搞乱社会。

  6. Even partial success by the time Canadians pack away their barbecues might be enough to forestall an election this year.
    在加拿大人收好他们的烧烤时,任何局部胜利都足以在今年的选举中先发制人。

  7. He fears that Ms Otunbayeva has not taken enough advantage of the current lull to forestall future violence.
    他担心奥通巴耶娃并没有充分利用现在的平歇期预先阻止今后将会发生的暴力活动。

  8. I needed to engage in any activity I could imagine that would forestall the beginning of adult life.
    任何我能想到的会是我成年生命开始的活动我都应该去参加。

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