fore·stall
verb/fɔːˈstɔːl/
/fɔːrˈstɔːl/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they forestall | /fɔːˈstɔːl/ /fɔːrˈstɔːl/ |
| he / she / it forestalls | /fɔːˈstɔːlz/ /fɔːrˈstɔːlz/ |
| past simple forestalled | /fɔːˈstɔːld/ /fɔːrˈstɔːld/ |
| past participle forestalled | /fɔːˈstɔːld/ /fɔːrˈstɔːld/ |
| -ing form forestalling | /fɔːˈstɔːlɪŋ/ /fɔːrˈstɔːlɪŋ/ |
- forestall something/somebody to prevent something from happening or somebody from doing something by doing something first
防止；在（他人）之前行动；先发制人 - 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。 - Any plans for a peaceful settlement were forestalled by the intervention of the army.
任何和平解决办法都因军队的介入而不能实施。
Extra Examples- They have tried to forestall criticism by keeping people fully informed of what they are doing.
他们试图通过让人们充分了解他们正在做的事情来阻止批评。 - He opened his mouth to speak but Richard forestalled him.
他张了张嘴想要说话，却被理查德阻止了。 - Let me start with a couple of explanations to forestall any possible misunderstandings.
让我首先做一些解释，以防止任何可能的误解。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryForestall is used with these nouns as the object:- criticism
Word OriginOld English foresteall ‘an ambush’ (see fore- and stall). As a verb the earliest sense (Middle English) was ‘intercept and buy up goods before they reach the market, so as to raise the price’ (formerly an offence). - Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems.