preempted 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.
preempted 近义词
take over in place of another
更多preempted例句
- 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.