preempted

/pree-empt/US // priˈɛmpt //UK // (prɪˈɛmpt) //

抢占先机,抢占了先机,抢占了,抢先

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to occupy in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- : to acquire or appropriate before someone else; take for oneself; arrogate: a political issue preempted by the opposition party.
- : to take the place of because of priorities, reconsideration, rescheduling, etc.; supplant: The special newscast preempted the usual television program.

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : Bridge. to make a preemptive bid.
- : to forestall or prevent by acting first; preclude; head off: an effort to preempt inflation.

n.名词 noun

verbtake over in place of another

Forms: preempting

Synonyms

By stepping down, the embattled McCaffery preempted an ethics investigation that could have cost him his state pension.
The lowly rated four-hour block on caucus night preempted his show.
In fact, his Countdown program was preempted for the live caucus coverage.
For the moment at least, the Obama White House has preempted both.
Mandela, soon after the 1994 election, preempted them by publicly announcing he would step down after one five-year term.
So much earth must be preempted to extract so much moisture.
“Maybe the pretty girls will all be preempted before you get there,” Leigh replied.
This vantage ground had been preempted mainly by the old men whose hearing was growing dim.
But this region was at once preempted for freedom upon the discovery of gold.
"Lower ten, car seven," was my berth-the one I had bought and found preempted.

/pree-empt/US // priˈɛmpt //UK // (prɪˈɛmpt) //

抢占先机,抢占了先机,抢占了,抢先

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to occupy in order to establish a prior right to buy.
- : to acquire or appropriate before someone else; take for oneself; arrogate: a political issue preempted by the opposition party.
- : to take the place of because of priorities, reconsideration, rescheduling, etc.; supplant: The special newscast preempted the usual television program.

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : Bridge. to make a preemptive bid.
- : to forestall or prevent by acting first; preclude; head off: an effort to preempt inflation.

n.名词 noun

verbtake over in place of another

Forms: preempting

Synonyms

By stepping down, the embattled McCaffery preempted an ethics investigation that could have cost him his state pension.
The lowly rated four-hour block on caucus night preempted his show.
In fact, his Countdown program was preempted for the live caucus coverage.
For the moment at least, the Obama White House has preempted both.
Mandela, soon after the 1994 election, preempted them by publicly announcing he would step down after one five-year term.
So much earth must be preempted to extract so much moisture.
“Maybe the pretty girls will all be preempted before you get there,” Leigh replied.
This vantage ground had been preempted mainly by the old men whose hearing was growing dim.
But this region was at once preempted for freedom upon the discovery of gold.
"Lower ten, car seven," was my berth-the one I had bought and found preempted.