中文词源
forestall 预先阻止
fore-,在前。stall, 停止，阻止。
英语词源
- forestall (v.)
- late 14c. (implied in forestalling), "to lie in wait for;" also "to intercept goods before they reach public markets and buy them privately," which formerly was a crime (mid-14c. in this sense in Anglo-French), from Old English noun foresteall "intervention, hindrance (of justice); an ambush, a waylaying," literally "a standing before (someone)," from fore- "before" + steall "standing position" (see stall (n.1)). Modern sense of "to anticipate and delay" is from 1580s. Related: Forestalled; forestalling.
权威例句
- 1. 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。
- 2. To forestall is better than to amend.
- 与其补救于已然,不如防范于未然.
- 3. Try to forestall their questions.
- 尽量不让他们问问题(作到先发制人).
- 4. 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。
- 5. He followed this rule in order to forestall rumors.
- 他遵守这条规矩是为了杜绝流言蜚语.
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