| 单词 | forestall |
| 释义 | forestall verb[T] uk/fɔːˈstɔːl/us/fɔːrˈstɑːl/topreventsomething fromhappeningbyactingfirst: 预先阻止；先发制人Thecompanyexecutivesforestalledcriticismbyinvitingunionleaderstomeet.公司管理层邀请工会领袖见面，以避免遭受批评。 Preventing and impeding
forestall| American Dictionaryforestall verb[T] us/fɔrˈstɔl,foʊr-/topreventsomething fromhappeningbyactingfirst: Manydoctorsprescribeaspirinto forestall secondheartattacks. Examplesofforestallforestall The same discipline forestalls the policy inconsistency problem referred to earlier. From theCambridge English Corpus He wants to prevent interruption in production andforestallreflection on a vicious economic cycle that leaves people poor despite their long hours of work. From theCambridge English Corpus In this conference the emphasis was on seeking common denominators that may help us toforestallsuch tragic occurrences in the future. From theCambridge English Corpus And these old southerners also conspired as a group toforestallany challenge to the southern segregation system, their obsessive interest. From theCambridge English Corpus On the other hand, it is not an allowing death simpliciter insofar as death cannot be prevented, but only can be forestalled, put off, postponed. From theCambridge English Corpus Once in power, the executive, the military, and the security apparatus used violence to maintain their positions andforestallyet another coup. From theCambridge English Corpus Why would reformers seek toforestallfuture business backlash were it not for the influence that angry employers might wield? From theCambridge English Corpus We believe that our analysis provides useful insights into the role that developed countries must play if we are toforestallglobal climate change. From theCambridge English Corpus Although population pressure, immigration and trade disrupted all the frontier regions, intelligent local policies could have prevented friction and forestalled revolt. From theCambridge English Corpus Insulating coatings increase the energy deposition, evidently by forestalling the formation of plasma around a wire. From theCambridge English Corpus Political innovation that is not legitimized through a change of public sentiment is, on the other hand, likely to be forestalled. From theCambridge English Corpus The example's details are meant toforestallthis claim. From theCambridge English Corpus Let us transpose this reasoning to forestalling high unemployment. From theCambridge English Corpus Prohibitions of local or special legislation, and similarly, objections to "class" legislation, were efforts toforestalllegislative favors to specific individuals or groups. From theCambridge English Corpus Three memorials was brought out hastily toforestallpirate editions. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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