英 [fɔːˈstɔːl] 美 [fɔːrˈstɔːl]
vt. 先发制人，预先阻止；垄断，屯积；领先；占先一步
第三人称单数forestalls
现在分词forestalling
过去式forestalled
过去分词forestalled
forestall /fɔːˈstɔːl/ TEM8 [ forestalling forestalled forestalls ]
及物动词 If you forestall someone, you realize what they are likely to do and prevent them from doing it. 预先阻止
Large numbers of police were in the square to forestall any demonstrations.
大批警察在广场上以预先阻止任何游行示威。
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垄断；预先阻止；占先一步
Large numbers of police were in the square to forestall any demonstrations.
大批警察在广场上以预先阻止任何游行示威。
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。
To forestall is better than to amend.; Prevention is better than cure.
与其补救于已然，不如防范于未然。
The memos were released - with very little information blacked out - to forestall a court-ordered release under a lawsuit.
VOA : standard.2009.04.17
Israeli analyst Ra'anan Gissin. "The strategic thinking has to be, first of all, to have sufficient intelligence but also the right intelligence, so that we can forestall, so that we can prevent this from happening right from the beginning."
VOA : standard.2010.07.12
These are all international efforts to forestall a financial crisis.
这些是预先阻止金融危机的,国际化努力。
金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Is that unusual for the NFL to forestall a punishment and to do its own process?
Mr Greenspan's fear that all this demand will not slow enough to forestall inflationary pressure is well-founded.
ECONOMIST: Is America��s economy too hot, too cold, or just right?
There does not appear to be any signs of a last-minute effort to forestall that.