
v.領(lǐng)先;占先一步;先發(fā)制人,阻止,妨礙
She forestalled my plan to meet her. 她搶在我前面,使我要去接她的計(jì)劃落了空。
I have my objection all prepared,but Stephens forestall me. 我已做好準(zhǔn)備要提出反對(duì)意見,不料斯蒂芬斯卻搶先了一步。
We must act now to forestall disaster. 我們現(xiàn)在必須采取行動(dòng)以防災(zāi)難。
We installed an alarm system to forestall break-in. 我們安裝了一套警報(bào)系統(tǒng)來預(yù)防小偷的闖入。