pre-empt
verb/ˌpriː ˈempt/
/ˌpriː ˈempt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they pre-empt | /ˌpriː ˈempt/ /ˌpriː ˈempt/ |
| he / she / it pre-empts | /ˌpriː ˈempts/ /ˌpriː ˈempts/ |
| past simple pre-empted | /ˌpriː ˈemptɪd/ /ˌpriː ˈemptɪd/ |
| past participle pre-empted | /ˌpriː ˈemptɪd/ /ˌpriː ˈemptɪd/ |
| -ing form pre-empting | /ˌpriː ˈemptɪŋ/ /ˌpriː ˈemptɪŋ/ |
- pre-empt something to prevent something from happening by taking action to stop it
预先制止；防止；避免 - Her departure pre-empted any further questions.
她的离去使别人无法再追问下去。 - A good training course will pre-empt many problems.
良好的培训课程会防止许多问题产生。 - The government announced it had pre-empted a coup attempt.
政府宣布已经制止了一次政变企图。
- Her departure pre-empted any further questions.
- pre-empt somebody/something to do or say something before somebody else does
抢在…之前做（或说）；先发制人 - She was just about to apologize when he pre-empted her.
她正想道歉，他却抢先说了。 - I do not want to pre-empt anything that the treasurer is going to say.
我不想抢先透露财政部长讲话的任何内容。 - It would be wrong for me to pre-empt any future decision the committee might make.
对我来说，先发制人地阻止委员会未来可能做出的任何决定是错误的。
- She was just about to apologize when he pre-empted her.
- pre-empt something (North American English) to replace a planned programme on the television
临时取代（电视节目表上的节目） - The scheduled programme will be pre-empted by a special news bulletin.
预定的节目将临时换成特别新闻简报。
- The scheduled programme will be pre-empted by a special news bulletin.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: back-formation from pre-emption.