preempt
英 [prɪ'empt] 美 [priˈɛmpt]

vt.

先占；取代；先取；先发制人

变形

过去式：preempted过去分词：preempted现在分词：preempting第三人称单数：preempts

英英释义

preempt[ pri'empt, ,pri:- ]

• n.a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding

  同义词：preemptive bidpre-empt

• v.
  • acquire for oneself before others can do so
  • take the place of or have precedence over

    "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"

    同义词：displace

  • gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)
  • make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge

双语例句

1. The council found that their traffic plans had been preempted by a government decision.
   市议会发现他们的交通规划已因政府先行作了决定而无法推行。

权威例句

...Analyses of the 56-Week PREEMPT Clinical Program
PREEMPT 1 Chronic Migraine Study Group. Onabotulinum toxin A for treatment of chronic migraine: results from the double-blind, rando...
OnabotulinumtoxinA for treatment of chronic migraine: PREEMPT 24-week pooled subgroup analysis of patients who had acute headache me...
OnabotulinumtoxinA for treatment of chronic migraine: 56-week analysis of the PREEMPT chronic migraine subgroup with baseline acute ...
Method of determining whether to use preempt/resume or alternate protocol for data transmission
Brief and rare mental “breaks” keep you focused: Deactivation and reactivation of task goals preempt vigilance decrements
Emergency traffic signal preempt system
Necessity of protecting public securities transactions: Reading Bankruptcy Code section 546(e) to preempt state-law fraudulent trans...
OnabotulinumtoxinA for treatment of chronic migraine: results from the double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase of the PRE...
A Transient Heterochromatic State in Xist Preempts X Inactivation Choice without RNA Stabilization