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forestall 音标拼音: [fɔrst'ɔl] vt. 先…一步行动,占先一步,垄断,阻碍 先…一步行动,占先一步,垄断,阻碍 forestall v 1: keep from happening or arising; make impossible; " My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; " Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" [ synonym: { prevent}, { forestall}, { foreclose}, { preclude}, { forbid}] 2: act in advance of; deal with ahead of time [ synonym: { anticipate}, { foresee}, { forestall}, { counter}] Forestall \ Fore* stall"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Forestalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Forestalling}.] [ OE. forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop ( goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS. forsteal, foresteall, prop., a placing one' s self before another. See { Fore}, and { Stall}.] 1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate. [ 1913 Webster] What need a man forestall his date of grief, And run to meet what he would most avoid? -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance. [ 1913 Webster] An ugly serpent which forestalled their way. -- Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster] But evermore those damsels did forestall Their furious encounter. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] To be forestalled ere we come to fall. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Habit is a forestalled and obstinate judge. -- Rush. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To deprive; -- with of. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] All the better; may This night forestall him of the coming day! -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Eng. Law) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. [ 1913 Webster] { To forestall the market}, to buy or contract for merchandise or provision on its way to market, with the intention of selling it again at a higher price; to dissuade persons from bringing their goods or provisions there; or to persuade them to enhance the price when there. This was an offense at law in England until 1844. -- Burrill. Syn: To anticipate; monopolize; engross. [ 1913 Webster] 95 Moby Thesaurus words for " forestall": anticipate, avert, bamboozle, bar, beguile, betray, bluff, cajole, calculate on, cheat on, circumvent, conjure, corner, count on, debar, deceive, deflect, delay, delude, deter, diddle, discourage, dishearten, double- cross, dupe, engross, estop, exclude, fend, fend off, forbid, foreclose, foreglimpse, forerun, foresee, foretaste, frustrate, gammon, get ahead of, get around, go before, go off half- cocked, gull, help, hinder, hoax, hocus- pocus, hog, hornswaggle, humbug, intercept, juggle, jump the gun, keep from, keep off, let down, look for, look forward to, look out for, look to, mock, monopolize, obstruct, obviate, outmaneuver, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, parry, pigeon, play one false, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put something over, reckon on, repel, rule out, save, snow, stave off, stop, string along, take in, take it all, thwart, tie up, trick, turn aside, two- time, ward, ward off, watch out for, win the start
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