学个词 Learn a Word-VOA英语教学 3399 preempt

 今天我们要学的词是 preempt¹.

 

preempt 的意思是抢先，先发制人。 Violence was largely averted² in Portland, Oregon, where police established concrete barriers, closed streets and bridges to preempt clashes between anti-fascist groups and counter-protesters. 俄勒冈州波特兰市警方为预先防范反法西斯团体和反抗议者之间发生冲突而设立水泥路障，封锁街道和桥梁，基本上避免了暴力发生。

 

preempt 的形容词形式是preemptive，较常用。The recent missile tests by North Korea show potential weapons that are designed to avoid any preemptive strikes that would destroy them on their launch pads, experts said. 专家表示，朝鲜最近进行的导弹试射展示了有可能避免任何将导弹摧毁在发射台上的先发制人打击而设计的武器。

 

1 preempt   

v.先发制人；先取

参考例句：

• We arrived early at the theatre so as to preempt the front seats.我们早早来到剧院，以便捷足先登占到前排座位。
• He pre-empted any decision to sack him.他预先阻止了所有解雇他的决定。

2 averted   

防止，避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 )； 转移

参考例句：

• A disaster was narrowly averted. 及时防止了一场灾难。
• Thanks to her skilful handling of the affair, the problem was averted. 多亏她对事情处理得巧妙，才避免了麻烦。