Word · Frequency #18655
forestall
防止；预防；阻止
To prevent or hinder something by taking action in advance; to avert.
- 1.
To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert.
通过预防或预先措施阻止、延迟或阻碍某事；避免。
- 2.
To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible.
排除或阻止发生,使不可能。
- 3.
To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
预料；先见之明地行动。
- 4.
To deprive (with of).
剥夺(与of连用)。
预先采取行动；抢先；先发制人；剥夺；夺走；通过预防或预先措施阻止、延迟或阻碍某事；避免。；排除或阻止发生,使不可能。；预料；先见之明地行动。
In use
They installed security cameras to forestall any potential theft.
The quick intervention forestalled a major crisis.
By preparing early, she is forestalling last-minute problems.
forestall + noun phrase
直接接名词或名词短语，表示阻止某事发生。
The company forestalled a takeover by issuing new shares.
该公司通过发行新股预先阻止了收购。
forestall + v-ing
接动名词短语作宾语，表示阻止某个动作发生。
Investors tried to forestall losing money by selling early.
投资者试图通过早点卖出预先阻止亏损。
forestall + noun phrase + by + v-ing
使用by引出实现阻止的方式。
Connections
Collocations
- forestall a crisis
- 预防危机
- The government acted quickly to forestall a crisis.政府迅速采取行动以预防危机。
- forestall criticism
- 先发制人地避免批评
- She released the report early to forestall criticism.她提前发布报告以先发制人地避免批评。
- forestall a takeover
- 阻止收购
- The company issued new shares to forestall a takeover.公司发行新股以阻止收购。
- forestall competition
- 抢先应对竞争
- They lowered prices to forestall competition from new entrants.他们降低价格以抢先应对新进入者的竞争。
- forestall objections
- 预先消除反对意见
- He addressed the concerns upfront to forestall objections.他事先解决这些关切以预先消除反对意见。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拆成 fore(预先) + stall(停住)：在事前先“停住”它，就是抢先阻止、防患未然。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、legal and business discourse forestall 通常用于正式语体，多出现在书面文件、法律或商务讨论中，表示提前采取行动以防止某事发生。口语中较少使用，常用 prevent 或 stop 代替。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words all rhyme with the stressed syllable /stɔːl/ of 'forestall'. Beware the lookalike 'forest' /ˈfɒrɪst/, which begins with the same letters but sounds completely different.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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