preempt 的 3 个定义
- to occupy in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- to acquire or appropriate before someone else; take for oneself; arrogate: a political issue preempted by the opposition party.
- to take the place of because of priorities, reconsideration, rescheduling, etc.; supplant: The special newscast preempted the usual television program.
- Bridge. to make a preemptive bid.
- to forestall or prevent by acting first; preclude; head off: an effort to preempt inflation.
- Bridge. a preemptive bid.
preempt 近义词
take over in place of another
更多preempt例句
- Tokyo was hoping to preempt a more nationalistic potential buyer from making the purchase.
- Netanyahu would arguably be trying to preempt—not an Iranian nuclear attack—but the reelection of Barack Obama.
- To avoid blame, Cantor claimed that the Democrats were intending to do the same and he just wanted to preempt them.
- Worse yet, if the court does come out against Obamacare, it can well preempt the decision of the American people in November.
- So this year, take action and preempt the chocolate raid by making him these fabulous melting and fudgy brownies for Father's Day.
- It was what is called a wind-break and I determined to preempt it for the night.
- The woman who forgives and doesn't forget is trying to preempt heaven and raise hell.