英语释义

1. to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption

2. to seize upon to the exclusion of others take for oneself
the movement was then preempted by a lunatic fringe

3. to replace with something considered to be of greater value or priority take precedence over
the program did not appear, having been preempted by a baseball game
— Robert MacNeil

4. to replace or supersede (a law) or bar (an action) by the doctrine of preemption
In so doing, the Court held that Congress did not intend to preempt common law contract claims.
— Charas v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.

5. to gain a commanding or preeminent place in

6. to prevent from happening or taking place forestall, preclude

7. to make a preemptive bid in bridge

8. to prevent (something) from happening

9. to take the place of (something)

10. to be shown instead of (another television program)

11. to acquire (land) by preemption

12. to seize upon to the exclusion of others take for oneself
a senior user of a trademark could not preempt use of the mark in remote geographical markets
— Mesa Springs Enterprises v. Cutco Indus., 736 P.2d 1251 (1986)

13. to replace or supersede (a law) by preemption
such state laws are not preempted by the federal Energy Reorganization Act of 1974
— National Law Journal

14. to preclude or bar (an action) by preemption
federal airline deregulation does not preempt claims under state contract law
— National Law Journal

片语

preempt pre-empt抢在……之前行动的

pre-empt resources优先占用资源

pre-empt principle先占原则

Pre-empt the越俎代庖

PRE-EMPT Pre-emptive有先买权的

英汉例句

• it can be seen as an attempt to pre-empt moves in brussels to question the very principles of shareholder capitalism.

  这可以看作是用来对付来自布鲁塞尔的股东资本主义相应原则挑战的先行措施。

• it’s often much easier to pre-empt requests than to say 「no」 to them after the request has been made.

  提前清除别人请求的想法要比请求提出后说不容易得多。

• beinga good judge of character, understanding human interaction, being ableto see past the here and now to pre-empt later problems, all of thishelps you keep your sanity.

  成为一个与众不同的好法官，了解人类的相互作用，能够看到过去，也能预知以后的问题，所有这一切有助于你保持理智。

• firms try to pre-empt critics’ concerns, by talking to them as early as possible, long before the first tree is felled or the first villager displaced.

  公司尝试抢先同批评者谈论他们关心的问题，而且是尽可能的提前到第一棵树被砍伐或者第一个村民被动迁以前。

• the court seems reluctant to pre-empt mr obama’s efforts.

  最高法院决定在十月以前对本案不作结论。法庭似乎并不想过早否认奥巴马正在进行的努力。

• to pre-empt another line of criticism, mr obama assured americans that ms sotomayor 「understands that a judge’s job is to interpret, not make, law」.

  为了预防更多的批评声音，奥巴马向美国人保证说索托马约尔「理解一个法官的职责是诠释而非制定法律。」

• peacekeeping pundits agree that more must be done to pre-empt and counter the effects of 「hate radio」.

  维和专家们一致认为，应该花更多努力去抢占广播阵地，消除「仇恨电台」的影响。

• 「bricks-and-mortar retailers are opening on thanksgiving night to pre-empt people shopping online after their thanksgiving dinner, 」 says christopher donnelly at accenture, a consultancy.

  「实体零售店在周四晚上开始促销是怕消费者在吃完火鸡以后直接上网购物。」埃森哲咨询公司的顾问克里斯托弗·唐纳利一语道破天机。

• but it may be in nestlé「s interest to amend the 2004 agreement and pre-empt matters if it wants to buy, says a recent report from exane bnp paribas in paris.

  法国巴黎银行最近一份报告指出，如果雀巢有意收购，他可能先发制人，修改2004协议。

• depositors would rush to get their savings out of the country to pre-empt a forced conversion to a new, weaker currency.

  储户可能会取走存款，逃离这个国家，以避免被强制性兑换成一种更弱的新货币。

• some companies may also be hoping that starting their own collection programmes could help them pre-empt legislation.

  某些公司可能也希望自行开展回收计划能够帮助他们先行于法律。

• but the ease with which the militants struck raised tough questions about who was helping them, and why the country」s security services had failed to pre-empt the attack.

  然而，袭击者如此轻易就得逞，这使人们产生了很大的疑问：有谁在帮助他们，为什么安全部门没有对此次袭击提前采取行动。

• he should pre-empt the court judgment, and say now that he will not run this year.

  他应该抢先在法院判决前说今年他将不会参加竞选。

• first, we must seize every opportunity to protect populations and pre-empt adverse effects on health.

  首先，我们必须抓住每一个机会，以保护人民并先发制人，防止对卫生带来的不利影响。

• that allows them to anticipate and pre-empt the intrusion of water into their wells, say, or the failure of equipment.

  换言之，也就是他们得以未雨绸缪，能预知水侵入他们的水井干扰和一台设备损坏和在此发生前抢先采取行动。

• the document dump seemed to pre-empt mr iacobucci’s review. but the hundreds of fully or partially blacked-out pages highlight the monumental task he faces.

  似乎雅克布奇大部分时间都要对付排山倒海的文件，但几百页被全部或部分涂黑的文件使他的任务重点变得明确。

• i self-monitor and watch out for early changes in my mood and thinking, to try to pre-empt the worst of an episode.

  对自我思想和心境的早期改变，我处处留心并控制好它们，试图将最坏的事情遏制在萌芽状态。

• to pre-empt that, some people believe he might call a snap election and run on the strength of his reform plans.

  一些人认为菅直人可能呼吁快速选举并不断宣传他的改革计划的优点以占得先机。

• the court seems reluctant to pre-empt mr obama「s efforts.

  法庭似乎并不想过早否认奥巴马正在进行的努力。

• the germans have long feared that the french government planned to squeeze them out of areva, and may have decided to pre-empt such a move.

  长久以来，德国一直害怕法国政府会计划将他们排挤出阿海珐。于是他们便可能决定抢先一步。

• 「we want to pre-empt any auction of gandhi items in the future by making it known that selling or buying these heritage articles is illegal, 」 the official was quoted as saying.

  通过让公众知道买卖这些遗物是非法的，我们计划预先对任何将要进行的甘地遗物拍卖活动采取措施。

• some pre-empt such recommendations by putting officers on their payroll from the start.

  而这种推荐的第一步就是把这些官员们列入商人们的工资单上。

• barack obama and congress can pre-empt such corrosive uncertainty with a plan to reduce the deficit now.

  这种不确定性带来的损害将逐步显现。奥巴马与国会可立即制订削减赤字计划，未雨绸缪地予以应对。

• also, it」s good to know how to set these configuration variables on the server side to veto or pre-empt the php.ini file, providing a greater level of security.

  而且，最好知道如何在服务器端设置这些配置变量，以否决或抢占php.ini文件，从而提供更高级别的安全性。

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appropriate占用，拨出

arrogate冒称；霸占；没来由地将…归属于

commandeer征用；霸占，没收；强取

convert皈依者；改变宗教信仰者

expropriate没收，征用；剥夺

pirate掠夺；翻印；剽窃

press压；按；逼迫；紧抱；（向……）拥挤；重压，压平；榨取；坚持；推进；征用；强征……入伍；（举重）推举；（高尔夫）过猛击球

seize抓住；利用；（机器）卡住

take over接管；接收

usurp篡夺；篡权