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preempted

/pree-empt/US // priˈɛmpt //UK // (prɪˈɛmpt) //

抢占先机,抢占了先机,抢占了,抢先

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Bridge. to make a preemptive bid.
    • : to forestall or prevent by acting first; preclude; head off: an effort to preempt inflation.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Bridge. a preemptive bid.

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Examples

  • By stepping down, the embattled McCaffery preempted an ethics investigation that could have cost him his state pension.

  • The lowly rated four-hour block on caucus night preempted his show.

  • In fact, his Countdown program was preempted for the live caucus coverage.

  • For the moment at least, the Obama White House has preempted both.

  • Mandela, soon after the 1994 election, preempted them by publicly announcing he would step down after one five-year term.

  • So much earth must be preempted to extract so much moisture.

  • “Maybe the pretty girls will all be preempted before you get there,” Leigh replied.

  • This vantage ground had been preempted mainly by the old men whose hearing was growing dim.

  • But this region was at once preempted for freedom upon the discovery of gold.

  • "Lower ten, car seven," was my berth-the one I had bought and found preempted.