forestalling
present participle offorestall
| 单词 | forestalling |
| 释义 | forestalling present participle offorestall forestall verb[T] uk/fɔːˈstɔːl/us/fɔːrˈstɑːl/topreventsomething fromhappeningbyactingfirst: Thecompanyexecutivesforestalledcriticismbyinvitingunionleaderstomeet. Preventing and impeding
Examplesofforestallingforestalling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Insulating coatings increase the energy deposition, evidently byforestallingthe formation of plasma around a wire. From theCambridge English Corpus Let us transpose this reasoning toforestallinghigh unemployment. From theCambridge English Corpus Information about these opportunities might be unreliable, scarce, or deliberately withheld as a means offorestallingpolicy change. From theCambridge English Corpus This would also facilitate the broader objective offorestallingdemocratic change. From theCambridge English Corpus Regulators and judges administered labor law so as to emphasize stability,forestallingrepoliticization of labor-management conflict. From theCambridge English Corpus Rigorous quantification was a concession to politics, or rather a strategy forforestallingit. From theCambridge English Corpus Her own evidence does not suggest that corporatism was simply about preserving hierarchies orforestallingsocial emancipation. From theCambridge English Corpus Welles too was intent onforestallinga bloodbath which would discredit his mediation. From theCambridge English Corpus Through the use of insulating coatings on the wires, it is possible to increase the energy deposition in low-current experiments byforestallingthe development of plasma along the wire. From theCambridge English Corpus Hay's hugely erudite article, meanwhile, examines common law cases around 1800 in which merchants were found guilty offorestallingand regrading goods. From theCambridge English Corpus Simply fiddling around with theforestallingproblem will do nothing to stop the underlying illegality and smuggling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We will make an accommodation here, and a compromise there, and aforestallingaction somewhere else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There would be the same element offorestallingin that case as in any other case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Factors may have been overlooked such as the effect offorestallingin bringing forward investment in 1985 as well as in 1984. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are engaged inforestallingor mitigating attacks by the enemy, they will be included. 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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