| 单词 | preemptive |
| 释义 | preemptive (once / 49661 pages) adj A preemptive action is made to keep some other action from being taken. Before you could be accused of eating the whole cake, you decided to make a preemptive apology, which was met with awkward silence. Tired of being disturbed by your roommate's loud music, your preemptive strike was to crank up your favorite opera as soon as you arrived home. Unfortunately, he'd already made a preemptive strike of his own by borrowing your stereo. Don't confuse preemptive with peremptory, a word meaning “arrogant.” You don't have to be arrogant to make a preemptive move, just cautious. WORD FAMILYpreemptive: preemptively+/preempt: preempted, preempting, preemption, preemptive, preemptor, preempts/preemption: preemptions/preemptor: preemptors USAGE EXAMPLESA preëmptive embrace of choices that haven’t yet been thought of might serve as an apt characterization of Trump’s entire, chaotic cabinet-selection process. The New Yorker(Dec 14, 2016) “The Republican Party’s typical position is to preëmptively surrender whenever liberals start yelling, ‘Ooh, that’s mean, you can’t use that word,’ ” she told the crowd. The New Yorker(Nov 12, 2016) Maryland has a chance to build on several years of state-level work to preemptively improve the state’s pretrial systems. Washington Post(Nov 04, 2016) adj designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence a preemptive business offer Syn pre-emptive preventative, preventive tending to prevent or hinder |
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