forestall

英 [fɔːˈstɔːl]

美 [fɔːrˈstɔːl]

v.  预先阻止; 在(他人)之前行动; 先发制人

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

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.18655 / COCA.16160

牛津词典

verb

• 预先阻止；在（他人）之前行动；先发制人
  to prevent sth from happening or sb from doing sth by doing sth first
  1. Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems.
     尽量预见你的孩子会干什么，并预先阻止问题发生。

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。

英英释义

verb

• keep from happening or arising
  1. My sense of tact forbids an honest answer
  2. Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project
  Synonym:preventforecloseprecludeforbid
• act in advance of
  Synonym:anticipateforeseecounter

双语例句

• Sensing the prevailing political winds, some bankers are already moving to forestall draconian new rules.
  感觉到主导的政治风向，一些银行家已经开始提前适应这些苛刻的新规定。
• It can also forestall sibling conflicts that may follow a parent's death.
  它还能避免父母死后兄弟姐妹之间的冲突。
• His family and friends believe that his death ( falling from a hotel window) was covered up in order to forestall an investigation into a scandal in the VSD.
  他的家人和朋友认为，他的死亡（从旅馆窗户堕下）是杀人灭口，是为了阻止对一桩vsd的丑闻进行调查的先发制人行动。
• He followed this rule in order to forestall rumors.
  他遵守这条规矩是为了杜绝流言蜚语。
• Berlin and Paris won endorsement for a blueprint to forestall a second crisis.
  德国和法国政府赢得了支持，它们拿出一套蓝图来预防第二轮危机。
• 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。
• 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。
• This kind of market needs forestall, the result of malign competition is everybody cannot benefit.
  这类市场需要垄断，恶性竞争的结果是大家都无法获益。
• She is a beautiful girl in my dream, but I never detect it, forestall.
  在我的梦里她是一个美丽的女孩儿，但我预先从没有察觉它。
• We should improve the national security strategy and its work mechanism, and keep high vigilance against and resolutely forestall separatist activities and activities of infiltration and subversion carried out by hostile forces, so as to ensure national security.
  完善国家安全战略和工作机制，高度警惕和坚决防范敌对势力的分裂、渗透、颠覆活动，确保国家安全。