pre-empt
英[pri'empt]美[pri'empt]
v.[T]
1.预先制止，防止，避免
2.先发制人
3.临时取代
1.预先制止，防止，避免
2.先发制人
3.临时取代
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- Discussion of the water shortage will preempt the other topics on this week's agenda.
在这星期日程表上关于用水短缺的讨论将优先于其它议题收藏 - Better preempt to keep the opponent from bidding .
最好采用阻击叫，使对方难以参加竞叫。收藏 - The Clean Water Act expressly provides that it does not preempt more stringent state law
《洁净水法案》明确规定，该法并不先占更为严格的州法律。收藏 - I advised him against it, because to preempt his own deadline might confuse our adversaries
我建议他不要这样做，因为他在自己提出的最后期限之前就抢先采取行动，可能使我们的敌人莫名其妙。收藏 - The past decade has seen great achievements in Hong Kong's efforts to pre-empt environmental problems through the application of an environmental impact assessment process(EIA) to policy, planning and project proposals.
过去10年，政府在审议政策、规划和发展项目时，都会加入环境影响评估程序，竭力防止环境问题，成效显著。 收藏
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