pre-empted
past participle, past simple ofpre-empt
| 单词 | pre-empted |
| 释义 | pre-empted past participle, past simple ofpre-empt pre-empt verb[T] uk/ˌpriːˈempt/us/ˌpriːˈempt/to do or say something before someone so that you maketheirwords oractionsunnecessaryor noteffective: Theministerheldapressconferenceinorderto pre-emptcriticismin thenewspapers. US toreplaceonetelevisionprogrammewith another, usually moreimportantone: All thenetworkspre-emptedtheirregularschedulestobroadcastnewsof thehijacking. Planning, expecting and arranging
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Replacing and exchanging Examplesofpre-emptedpre-empted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The tendency of carers and supporters to discourage people with epilepsy from living a full and independent life should be anticipated andpre-empted. From theCambridge English Corpus Both of these arepre-emptedby syntactic forms in common language usage and certainly in child-directed speech. From theCambridge English Corpus If one successfullypre-empteda projected invasion or coup attempt, it became difficult, if not impossible, to prove that the threat had ever existed. From theCambridge English Corpus Surely, there were internal societal changes in that world thatpre-emptedsuch developments, only to be augmented and hastened by the invasion. From theCambridge English Corpus So the vocal needs of the potential performer were carefullypre-emptedand accommodated. From theCambridge English Corpus She might talk to her partners, be supported by them, be contradicted by them, or bepre-emptedby them. From theCambridge English Corpus Although the author hadpre-emptedopposition in his preface, the public, being unprepared, was not so easily won over. From theCambridge English Corpus By contrast, women's transitions were more oftenpre-emptedor framed by pressing family demands, which provided at least one ready-made role in retirement. From theCambridge English Corpus Once legislation has beenpre-empted, environmental selfregulation is implemented under a weak shadow of hierarchy. From theCambridge English Corpus The course of events in 1879, however, probablypre-emptedsuch a split. From theCambridge English Corpus Major developments in sound recording and reproduction for radio during the war hadpre-empteda new peacetime obsession with the infinite musical possibilities of the tape recorder. From theCambridge English Corpus However, tokenization decisions sometimes interact with higher-level annotation decisions, so proceeding in this way would havepre-emptedsome of the annotation issues that we wished to study. From theCambridge English Corpus Whatever the spending priorities of the education authority, those moneys will bepre-empted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In those five days he haspre-emptedthe courtroom, the time of jurors, of witnesses and a host of others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Crude monetarism would apply to firms which wished to borrow money but could not extract it from the banking system because it had beenpre-empted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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