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单词

forestall

读音
fɔːrˈstɔːl
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释义

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 ]

例句

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。

强化记忆

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all the time, but of course, this createsthe very threat of chaos you have to forestallin order to get anything working.
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出国,专四专八,其他

所在词典

GRE填空及阅读机经,专八真题近十五年,经济学人(The Economist),中科院考博真题