| 单词 | forestall |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [fɔ:'stɔ:l] |
| 解释 | v.先发制人，预先阻止 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 先发制人，预先阻止( to prevent or hinder by doing something ahead of time; prevent) 【考】 反义词：precipitate (促成); abet(支持) 【记】 fore(前面)+stall(停 止)→预先阻止 【同】 参考：install(安置) 【例】 She forestalled their attempt. |
| 字源 | forestall (v.) late 14c. (implied in forestalling), "to lie in wait for;" also "to intercept goods before they reach public markets and buy them privately" (formerly a crime; mid-14c. in this sense in Anglo-French), from Old English noun foresteall "intervention, hindrance (of justice); an ambush, a waylaying," literally "a standing before (someone)," from fore- "before" + steall "standing position" (see stall (n.1)). Modern sense of "to anticipate and delay" is from 1580s. Related: Forestalled; forestalling. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. (用先发制人的办法)预先阻止; 比...先采取行动 = anticipate 【源】原指: 垄断市场预先囤积、阻止正常销售从而擡高价格 【记】fore前, stall(n 货摊v 使停止; 迟延)－预先阻止 【参】install(vt 安装; 安置; 使就职) 【反】precipitated(vt 猛抛; 促成; 使沉淀); abet(vt 教唆; 支持) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】fore 前 + stall 货摊，提前出摊，抢占地方→先发制人，阻止他人 |
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