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forestall

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/
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  1. 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自己在做什么来阻止批评。
    • He opened his mouth to speak but Richard forestalled him.他张开嘴想说话,但理查德抢先了一步。
    • Let me start with a couple of explanations to forestall any possible misunderstandings.让我从几个解释开始,以防止任何可能的误解。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryForestall is used with these nouns as the object:
    • criticism
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    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).

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