单词 | forestall |
释义 | forestall (once / 2194 pages) v It takes a bit of planning to forestall something, meaning stop it from happening. To forestall the effects of aging, exercise and take care of your health all your life. You can break the word forestall into parts to figure out its meaning. The prefix fore is one you've seen in words like forewarn, which means "to warn in advance." And you probably know that stall means "delay." So to forestall is to stall in advance, or put another way, to try to prevent or put off something you don't want to happen. WORD FAMILYforestall: forestalled, forestalling, forestalls+/forestalling: forestallings/stall: forestall, stalled, stalling, stalls/stalling: stallings USAGE EXAMPLESSome historians worry that Mr. Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor will forestall broader atonement for Japan’s wartime aggression in Asia. New York Times(Dec 24, 2016) Some historians worry that Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor will forestall broader atonement for Japan’s wartime aggression in Asia. Seattle Times(Dec 24, 2016) But it may mean that doctors catch a serious or preventable problem early and forestall further decline. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1v keep from happening or arising; make impossible Syn|Hypo forbid, foreclose, preclude, prevent make unnecessary, save make unnecessary an expenditure or effort avert, avoid, debar, deflect, fend off, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward offprevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymyhinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil, thwarthinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of block, halt, kibosh, stopstop from happening or developing stonewallobstruct or hinder any discussion disappoint, let downfail to meet the hopes or expectations of embargoprevent commerce filibusterobstruct deliberately by delaying checkblock or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey hangprevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury bottleneckslow down or impede by creating an obstruction dashdestroy or break short-circuithamper the progress of; impede ruindestroy or cause to fail staystop a judicial process 2v act in advance of; deal with ahead of time Syn|Hyper anticipate, counter, foresee act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
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