forestall
🇬🇧/fɔːˈstɔːl/ 🇺🇸/fɔːrˈstɔːl/📚 16858 1托福If you forestall someone, you realize what they are likely to do and prevent them from doing it. 预先阻止
verb [vt. 及物动词]vt. 先发制人，预先阻止；垄断，屯积；领先；占先一步
Large numbers of police were in the square to forestall any demonstrations.
大批警察在广场上以预先阻止任何游行示威。
fore(预先) + stall(停止) → 预先停止 → 预防
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- Try to anticipate what your child will do and forestall problems. 尽量预见你的孩子会干什么，并预先阻止问题发生。
- To forestall is better than to amend.; Prevention is better than cure. 与其补救于已然，不如防范于未然。