forestalled

英 [fɔːˈstɔːld]

美 [fɔːrˈstɔːld]

v.  预先阻止; 在(他人)之前行动; 先发制人
forestall的过去分词和过去式

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。

双语例句

• I had my objections all prepared, but Stephens forestalled me.
  我已做好准备要提出反对意见，不料斯蒂芬却抢先一步。
• At the same time, regulation of the financial sector was improved and regional and systemic risks were forestalled.
  同时，完善金融监管，坚决守住不发生区域性系统性风险的底线。
• Many of these consequences will be forestalled by the fact that no other country can yet replace the US at the centre of the global system.
  以下事实将会阻止这其中许多结果的发生：那就是迄今为止，尚未有任何其它国家可以替代美国，成为全球体系的核心。
• "The period of low interest rates in 2001 forestalled the day of reckoning for the consumer, and that set up a much larger consumer debt bubble," William Cunningham, global head of credit strategy at State Street Global advisors, said.
  “2001年的低利率迟滞了消费者结算的时间，并且催生了一个更大的消费信贷泡沫，”道富环球投资管理（statestreetglobaladvisors）信贷策略部门全球主管威廉坎宁安（williamcunningham）说。
• Although the plan has forestalled Armageddon in the American housing market, it is no cure-all.
  尽管这一计划阻止了美国房地产市场末日战争的爆发，但是它并非包治百病。
• He forestalled all his competitors.
  他比所有的竞争者都占先了一步。
• Public primary and middle school operate in a administrative mode. Organizational management has been forestalled by administrative power and distribution of resources incline to administrators.
  公办中小学基本上是在行政管理的模式下运作，学校组织管理被行政权力垄断，资源分配向管理人员倾斜。
• The fact that there are troubled banks from the us to Europe, Japan and Australia could hardly have been predicted or forestalled by a US regulator.
  从美国到欧洲、从日本到澳大利亚，都有银行陷入困境，这个事实几乎不可能被美国的一个监管机构预测到或事先加以阻止。
• China travel service forestalled the Chinese modern travel industry for 30 years, and gradually become one of the biggest travel agencies in the world.
  正是依凭这独特的企业文化，中国旅行社独占中国现代旅游业鳌头30年，并逐渐跻身于世界大旅行社之列。
• Pairing of the XY starts at early pachytene and completes at middle pachytene. The disappearance of XY chromosome is forestalled as compared with autosomal SC at later pachytene.
  XY染色体的配对起始于早粗线期，成熟于中粗线期，在晚粗线期先于常染色体解联会；XY-SC开始解体于晚粗线期。