Preempt/GRE/Barron

红宝 蓝宝 Barron

preempt

• prevent in advance; head off(forestall); forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself before others; supplant; take the place of; displace;
  • Ex. preempt any attempts;
• ADJ. preemptive
  • 例句: Hoping to preempt any attempts by the opposition to make educational reform a hot political issue, the candidate set out her own plan to revitalize the public schools.