forestalling

基本解釋

Without rules, the international monetary and financial system is incapable of forestalling crises, financial bubbles and the widening of imbalances.
沒有規(guī)則，國際貨幣金融體系就不能阻止危機(jī)、金融泡沫和貿(mào)易失衡的進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)大。
A big factor forestalling a British withdrawal is the prospect of an American military build-up to turn the tide, just as happened in Iraq with the surge of 2007.
阻礙撤軍的一個(gè)重要因素在于美國正考慮在阿富汗軍事集結(jié)，以扭轉(zhuǎn)局勢，如2007年伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭。
His plan calls for identifying all the components that cause human tissue to age, and designing remedies for each of them — forestalling disease and eventually pushing back death.
根據(jù)他的方案，所有引起人類組織器官衰老的因素應(yīng)該被找出來，而后一一為它們設(shè)計(jì)治療方案--阻止疾病發(fā)生進(jìn)而遠(yuǎn)離死亡。

As noted above, forestalling the purchase of a home typically allows for greater current income and more personal liquidity.
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If you forestall someone, you realize what they are likely to do and prevent them from doing it.