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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   preempt

   • IPA[prēˈem(p)t]

   美式

   • v.
     take action in order to prevent (an anticipated event) from happening; forestall；act in advance of (someone) in order to prevent them from doing something
   • n.
     a preemptive bid.

   • verb: pre-empt, 3rd person present: pre-empts, gerund or present participle: pre-empting, past tense: pre-empted, past participle: pre-empted

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. take action in order to prevent (an anticipated event) from happening; forestall the second session will focus on policies to preempted problems 同義詞 forestall, prevent, steal a march on, anticipate, get in before, ... 更多informalget one's retaliation in first
   • ▪ act in advance of (someone) in order to prevent them from doing something it looked as if she'd ask him more, but Parr preempted her
   • ▪ North American (of a broadcast) interrupt or replace (a scheduled program) the violence preempted regular programming
   • 2. acquire or appropriate (something) in advance many tables were already preempted by family parties 同義詞 commandeer, take possession of, occupy, seize, arrogate, ... 更多appropriate, take over, take, acquire, secure, reserve
   • ▪ North American take (something, especially public land) for oneself so as to have the right of preemption.
   • 3. make a preemptive bid.

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a preemptive bid.