单词 | preempt |
释义 | preempt From Longman Business Dictionarypreemptpre‧empt /priːˈempt/ (also pre-empt) verb [transitive] to make what someone else has planned to do or say unnecessary, impossible, or ineffective by doing or saying something firstThe salesperson may try to pre-empt the customer’s objections.Powerful cable operators were trying to preempt competition from satellite services by offering a similar service. —preemption noun [uncountable]Origin preempt (1800-1900) preemption ((17-21 centuries)), from Medieval Latin praeemere “to buy before” |
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