forestalled

英 [fɔːˈstɔːld] 美 [fɔːrˈstɔːld]

v.  预先阻止; 在(他人)之前行动; 先发制人
forestall的过去分词和过去式

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  1. VERB 预先阻止;抢在…之前行动
    If you forestall someone, you realize what they are likely to do and prevent them from doing it.
    1. O'Leary made to open the door, but Bunbury forestalled him by laying a hand on his arm...
      奥利里想去开门，但是邦伯里抢先一把摁住了他的胳膊。
    2. 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。
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双语例句

  1. O'Leary made to open the door, but Bunbury forestalled him by laying a hand on his arm
    奥利里想去开门，但是邦伯里抢先一把摁住了他的胳膊。
  2. The two names had been forestalled by La Fontaine.
    这两个名字都是拉封丹①预见了的。
  3. He was ingenious; he had forestalled Soulange Bodin in the formation of little clumps of earth of heath mould, for the cultivation of rare and precious shrubs from America and China.
    他能别出心裁，他沤小绿肥来培植一些稀有珍贵的美洲的和中国的灌木，在这方面他超过了苏兰日·波丹。
  4. If our economy is kept within this reasonable range and financial risks are effectively forestalled, markets and society will have stable expectations.
    使经济运行保持在这一合理区间，切实防范金融风险，可以给市场和社会一个稳定的预期。
  5. At the same time, regulation of the financial sector was improved and regional and systemic risks were forestalled.
    同时，完善金融监管，坚决守住不发生区域性系统性风险的底线。
  6. She nodded almost imperceptibly and then opened her mouth, but Snape forestalled her.
    她几乎不易察觉地点了点头，张开嘴想说话，但斯内普抢先阻止了她。
  7. I had my objections all prepared, but Stephens forestalled me.
    我已做好准备要提出反对意见，不料斯蒂芬却抢先一步。
  8. Although the plan has forestalled Armageddon in the American housing market, it is no cure-all.
    尽管这一计划阻止了美国房地产市场末日战争的爆发，但是它并非包治百病。
  9. Mosquito breeding can be forestalled by killing the insect at its adult or and larval pupal stages.
    把蚊子的成虫或及幼虫蛹杀灭，可防止蚊子滋生。
  10. Many of these consequences will be forestalled by the fact that no other country can yet replace the US at the centre of the global system.
    以下事实将会阻止这其中许多结果的发生：那就是迄今为止，尚未有任何其它国家可以替代美国，成为全球体系的核心。
  11. The fact that there are troubled banks from the us to Europe, Japan and Australia could hardly have been predicted or forestalled by a US regulator.
    从美国到欧洲、从日本到澳大利亚，都有银行陷入困境，这个事实几乎不可能被美国的一个监管机构预测到或事先加以阻止。
  12. How can disasters be forestalled when designing future metros?
    未来之设计如何防灾？
  13. "The period of low interest rates in 2001 forestalled the day of reckoning for the consumer, and that set up a much larger consumer debt bubble," William Cunningham, global head of credit strategy at State Street Global advisors, said.
    “2001年的低利率迟滞了消费者结算的时间，并且催生了一个更大的消费信贷泡沫，”道富环球投资管理（statestreetglobaladvisors）信贷策略部门全球主管威廉坎宁安（williamcunningham）说。
  14. He forestalled all his competitors.
    他比所有的竞争者都占先了一步。
  15. He was about to speak but she forestalled him.
    他正打算讲话，她却抢先阻止了他。
  16. The government forestalled criticism by holding a public enquiry into the matter.
    政府对那件事进行了一次公开调查，预先避免了受批评。
  17. He forestalled me to propose a new question.
    他抢先于我提出了新问题。
  18. She forestalled my plan to meet her. The scheme they made such a fuss about seems to have dropped through.
    她抢在我前面，使我要去接她的计划落了空。他们大肆嚷嚷的那个计划看来已经落空了。
  19. His three companions made the introductory gesture of eloquent speech; but the young man at the door forestalled them.
    他的三个伙伴好象准备作长篇演说似的做了个开场的手势；可是门口那个年轻人抢先说话了。
  20. The core technology of this installation is forestalled by Russia and Japan company for the moment.
    目前该装置的核心技术基本为俄罗斯、日本的公司所垄断。
  21. Disrupting it thus forestalled the risk of creating anything nasty.
    破坏它提前防止了引起麻烦问题的危险性。
  22. But the US Government's strict export control has forestalled normal business with China.
    由于美国政府严格的出口管制，众多美国公司正常的对华贸易活动难以开展。
  23. I meant to meet my friend at the station, but she forestalled me by arriving on an earlier train and coming to the house.
    我打算去车站接我的朋友，但她乘了前面的一班火车抢先到了我的家。
  24. China travel service forestalled the Chinese modern travel industry for 30 years, and gradually become one of the biggest travel agencies in the world.
    正是依凭这独特的企业文化，中国旅行社独占中国现代旅游业鳌头30年，并逐渐跻身于世界大旅行社之列。
  25. Pairing of the XY starts at early pachytene and completes at middle pachytene. The disappearance of XY chromosome is forestalled as compared with autosomal SC at later pachytene.
    XY染色体的配对起始于早粗线期，成熟于中粗线期，在晚粗线期先于常染色体解联会；XY-SC开始解体于晚粗线期。
  26. Stock investment is its main business, and operational system is a focal point, so the tendency of risk should be forestalled;
    证券投资是其主要业务，运作制度是重点，应防止风险倾向；
  27. Public primary and middle school operate in a administrative mode. Organizational management has been forestalled by administrative power and distribution of resources incline to administrators.
    公办中小学基本上是在行政管理的模式下运作，学校组织管理被行政权力垄断，资源分配向管理人员倾斜。
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