| 词汇 | pre-empting |
| 释义 | pre-empting present participle ofpre-empt pre-empt verb[ T ] mainly UK(also mainly USpreempt)uk /ˌpriːˈempt/ us /ˌpriːˈempt/ to do or say something before someone so that you make their words or actions unnecessary or not effective: 抢在…之前说话（或行动）;预先制止 The minister held a press conference in order to pre-empt criticism in the newspapers.部长召开了记者招待会，旨在先发制人，预先防备各报纸的指责批评。 You need to be prepared and preempt the impact of the change before it happens. US to replace one television programme with another, usually more important one: 代替，取代（电视节目） All the networks pre-empted their regular schedules to broadcast news of the hijacking.所有的电视网都取消了安排好的节目，转而播放劫机的新闻。 For several days, this story preempted all others in the news schedules. Planning, expecting and arranging accidentally accidentally on purposeidiom advertent advisedly aim at something bargain conscious game something out hatch have something in mindidiom have something up your sleeveidiom horizon scanning how are you fixed for something?idiom pencil provide for someone provident providently provision purpose purposefully You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Replacing and exchanging Examples of pre-emptingpre-empting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This necessarily required making some compromises and pre-empting opposition. This strategy has been successful so far in pre-empting demands for increased autonomy or citizenship rights. It may be prompted when it is irrelevant or ineffective, and so does no good while perhaps pre-empting a less easily prompted response that would actually have worked. It was at this level that the jobber was particularly effective in managing the workers' discontents, in pre-empting strikes, or if they occurred, in breaking them. When a monarchical authoritarian regime opens political space for social mobilization by instigating a political opening, the regime may be either pre-empting or responding to opposition demands. That can mean a dramatic increase in the running costs of major schools and a pre-empting of education expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I cannot see how my noble friend can interpret this in any way as pre-empting parliamentary scrutiny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The accusation is pre-empting; that is what we are accused of. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My noble friend illustrates very well that we should not be pre-empting or prescribing the work of the commission. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been criticised for not making up its mind, for being long on questions and short on answers and also for pre-empting decisions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not wish to find that certain airlines that come first in the queue are pre-empting space. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were pressed to introduce the regulations to prevent some landowners from pre-empting regulations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He would not be pre-empting future decisions which must be taken. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is vital that there is not a pre-empting of the process. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not pre-empting consultation and neither is my amendment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
| 随便看 |
|
反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。