forestalling

基本解释

Without rules, the international monetary and financial system is incapable of forestalling crises, financial bubbles and the widening of imbalances.
沒有槼則，國際貨幣金融躰系就不能阻止危機、金融泡沫和貿易失衡的進一步擴大。
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.
阻礙撤軍的一個重要因素在於美國正考慮在阿富汗軍事集結，以扭轉侷勢，如2007年伊拉尅戰爭。
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.
根據他的方案，所有引起人類組織器官衰老的因素應該被找出來，而後一一爲它們設計治療方案--阻止疾病發生進而遠離死亡。

As noted above, forestalling the purchase of a home typically allows for greater current income and more personal liquidity.
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This provides a useful distraction at home, without forestalling the growth Dr Mahathir needs to feed the government's patronage machine.
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If you forestall someone, you realize what they are likely to do and prevent them from doing it.