pre-empt

verb

1. 预先制止；防止； 避免
   to prevent sth from happening by taking action to stop it
   1. A good training course will pre-empt many problems.
      良好的培训课程会防止许多问题产生。
2. 抢在…之前做（或说）；先发制人
   to do or say sth before sb else does
   1. She was just about to apologize when he pre-empted her.
      她正想道歉，他却抢先说了。
3. 临时取代（广播时间表上的节目）
   to replace a planned programme on the television
   1. The scheduled programme will be pre-empted by a special news bulletin.
      预先安排好的节目将临时换成特别新闻简报。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 preempt


1. VERB 抢先行动；预先制止；先发制人
   If you pre-empt an action, you prevent it from happening by doing something which makes it unnecessary or impossible.
   1. You can pre-empt pain by taking a painkiller at the first warning sign...
      刚出现征兆时，就服用止痛片来预防疼痛。
   2. He pre-empted any decision to sack him...
      他预先阻止了所有解雇他的决定。
   3. The government pre-empted a threatened strike at the state-owned copper company.
      政府先发制人，制止了国有铜矿公司可能发生的一次罢工。

1. You can pre-empt pain by taking a painkiller at the first warning sign
   刚出现征兆时，就服用止痛片来预防疼痛。
2. He pre-empted any decision to sack him
   他预先阻止了所有解雇他的决定。
3. The government pre-empted a threatened strike at the state-owned copper company.
   政府先发制人，制止了国有铜矿公司可能发生的一次罢工。
4. Also at the Thursday meeting, the F.C.C. approved an order to pre-empt state laws that limit the build-out of municipal broadband Internet services.
   也是在周四的会议上，FCC批准了一条命令，事先禁止了各州限制市政府扩建宽带互联网服务的法律。
5. Better to pre-empt it in the hope of gaining significant strategic advantage through a surprise attack.
   日本认为最好先发制人，以期通过偷袭来获得重大的战略优势。
6. But why pre-empt it, when it is so much more fun – and so much better for marital harmony – not to?
   但为什么要提前过这样的生活，而不这么做将让你生活得更快乐，对于打造和谐的婚姻关系也更有好处？
7. Iran has indicated that its threat to cut oil supplies to European states in order to pre-empt a European Union oil embargo that comes into effect in July may be only a symbolic one.
   伊朗已暗示，它有关在欧盟（eu）石油禁运生效之前先发制人、切断对欧洲国家石油供应的威胁，可能只不过是说说而已。
8. Companies that prefer to pre-empt that can do so.
   那些愿意主动改进的企业，可以采取相应措施。
9. In what appeared to be a bid to pre-empt the embargo, Tehran announced at the weekend that it was cutting crude sales to French and British companies.
   伊朗周末宣布将削减对法国和英国企业的原油销售量，此举似乎是为了在禁运措施生效前先发制人。
10. Mourinho then moved quickly to pre-empt speculation that was bound to follow the new addition to the squad.
    穆里尼奥随后很快转入占有先机的带来这个阵容中的新援的转会。
11. The workers took control of the factory in order to pre-empt its sale by the owners.
    工人们先发制人接管了工厂以阻止厂主将工厂出售。
12. Credible commitments to medium-term fiscal consolidation should precede monetary tightening to pre-empt Volcker-Reagan policy mismatches, which drive up interest rates.
    在实行紧缩货币政策之前，应先做出可信的中期财政巩固承诺，以预防沃克尔-里根（Volcker-Reagan）时期的政策错配，这种错配推高了利率。
13. The Federal Reserve ramped up its liquidity support operations again yesterday in an effort to reduce money market strains and pre-empt the possibility of funding crises at the year-end or at other stress points.
    美联储（federalreserve）昨日再度加大了对流动性的支持，以减轻货币市场压力，并先发制人，以降低今年年底或其它紧张时刻出现融资危机的可能性。
14. To pre-empt such opposition, SWFs last year agreed on the "Santiago Principles", a code of conduct promising transparent and non-political investments.
    为先发制人地克服这种反对，去年一些主权财富基金达成了《圣地亚哥原则》（santiagoprinciples），这是一套行为准则，承诺进行透明和非政治性的投资。
15. All measures that implicitly pre-empt the establishment of political union are inconsistent and dangerous.
    暗中指向建立政治联盟的所有措施都是相互矛盾而危险的。
16. The G20 commitments were meant to pre-empt such measures, but are not being honoured.
    20国集团的承诺旨在先发制人，预防此类举措出现，但未受到尊重。
17. Finally, the foundations of EU economic governance must be strengthened to pre-empt crises.
    最后，我们必须抢在危机之前加强欧盟经济治理的基础。
18. Many banks have implemented significant rises in base pay for bankers over the past year, in numerous cases doubling salaries to pre-empt expected cuts in payouts.
    许多银行都在过去一年大幅提高了银行家的底薪，其中很多都是翻番增加，以求在预期中的降薪趋势前率先行动。
19. This will allow both citizens and governments to monitor and remedy any disturbance in water quality and pre-empt potential health risks due to water contamination.
    这可以让公民和政府监测和纠正水质的失调，并抢先避免水污染造成的健康风险。
20. Morgan Stanley has sought to pre-empt new rules capping cash pay-outs on Wall Street, deferring 60 per cent of employees '2010 bonuses.
    摩根士丹利（MorganStanley）宣布延迟支付2010年员工奖金的60%，试图绕开即将出台的限制华尔街现金奖金的新规。
21. In a bid to pre-empt Brussels, Beijing this week challenged the legality of solar subsidies in Greece and Italy at the World Trade Organisation.
    为了先发制人，北京方面本周就希腊和意大利提供太阳能补贴的合法性向世界贸易组织（wto）提起申诉。
22. Many banks, particularly weakened names such as UBS and Citigroup, have had to increase basic pay deals dramatically to pre-empt staff disappointment at the possibility of lower bonuses.
    许多银行（尤其是瑞银和花旗等实力遭到削弱的知名银行）不得不先发制人，大幅提高基本薪资，以防止员工因奖金可能减少而感到失望。
23. The fiscal cliff is a$ 600bn mix of spending cuts and tax rises set to take effect at the start of next year that could plunge the US back into recession if Congress does not act to pre-empt them.
    财政悬崖的规模为6000亿美元，包括一系列定于明年1月1日起生效的减支和增税。如果国会不采取行动防止美国跌落财政悬崖，美国经济有可能因此重新陷入衰退。
24. In a bid to pre-empt their competitors, they have reduced the price of many of their refrigerators.
    为了在投标中抢在对手前面，他们已经将他们的许多冰箱降低了价格。
25. China tried to pre-empt a potential showdown at the upcoming G20 summit yesterday when it warned the other large economies not to use the Toronto meeting as a platform to criticise its currency policy.
    中国昨日警告其它大型经济体，不要把20国集团（G20）多伦多峰会当成批评中国汇率政策的平台，此举可能是一种先发制人的摊牌。
26. They see a mercantilist China single-mindedly moving to pre-empt world oil supplies.
    他们看到，具有重商主义倾向的中国正在一门心思地抢占世界石油供应。
27. The list has been drawn up by regulators under the auspices of the financial stability board, in an effort to pre-empt systemic risks from spreading around the world in any future financial crisis.
    该名单由监管机构在“金融稳定委员会”（financialstabilityboard）的主持下拟定，旨在预防系统性风险在未来金融危机中向全球扩散。
28. A shop or factory where people work long hours for poor pay. The workers took control of the factory in order to pre-empt its sale by the owners.
    工人工作时间长而报酬很低的工厂。工人们先发制人接管了工厂以阻止厂主将工厂出售。
29. However, some banks believe that in order to maintain a reputation for financial strength, they need to pre-empt the full impact of the rules, which will be introduced gradually by 2019 and will redefine how the ratios are calculated.
    但是，一些银行认为，要维持财务稳健的声誉，他们必须为新规可能带来的影响做最充分的准备。资本新规将在2019年前逐步推出，并将重新定义资本比率的计算方式。
30. Regulators and investors need a better grasp of such flows to pre-empt problems.
    监管者和投资者需要更好地掌握这些流量，才能防患于未然。

noun

1. a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

   Synonym:    preemptive bidpreempt