Preempt



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 以先买权取得; 取代
• ［英］ v. 以先买权取得 ( to acquire by preemption) ; 取代 ( to replace with)
• ［记］ pre ( 预先) +empt ( 买) -> 先买;
• ［同］ 参考: peremptory ( 断然的, 专横的) 派生词: preemption （n. 先买权）

Webster Collegiate

verb

• Etymology: back-formation from preemption
• Date: 1850
• transitive verb
  • 1. to acquire (as land) by preemption
  • 2. to seize upon to the exclusion of others ; take for oneself <the movement was then preempted by a lunatic fringe>
  • 3. to replace with something considered to be of greater value or priority ; take precedence over <the program did not appear, having been preempted by a baseball game — Robert MacNeil>
  • 4. to gain a commanding or preeminent place in
  • 5. to prevent from happening or taking place ; forestall, preclude
• intransitive verb
  • to make a preemptive bid in bridge
• ? preemptor noun

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