forestall
英 [fɔː'stɔːl]
美
- vt. 先发制人，预先阻止；垄断，屯积；领先；占先一步
词态变化
第三人称单数: forestalls;过去式: forestalled;过去分词: forestalled;现在分词: forestalling;
中文词源
forestall 预先阻止
fore-,在前。stall, 停止，阻止。
英文词源
- forestall (v.)
- late 14c. (implied in forestalling), "to lie in wait for;" also "to intercept goods before they reach public markets and buy them privately," which formerly was a crime (mid-14c. in this sense in Anglo-French), from Old English noun foresteall "intervention, hindrance (of justice); an ambush, a waylaying," literally "a standing before (someone)," from fore- "before" + steall "standing position" (see stall (n.1)). Modern sense of "to anticipate and delay" is from 1580s. Related: Forestalled; forestalling.
双语例句
- 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. To forestall is better than to amend.
- 与其补救于已然,不如防范于未然.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. Try to forestall their questions.
- 尽量不让他们问问题(作到先发制人).
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. 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。
来自辞典例句
- 5. 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.
来自辞典例句