forestalls
v.
先发制人，预先阻止( forestall的第三人称单数 );
例句:
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Sadly, widespread use of condoms by American forces forestalls any improvement in the French bloodline.
悲哀的是, 被美国士兵海量使用的避孕套对法国纯正血统的传承造成了一定的影响.
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So, far from non serviam, book design serves unnamed masters whose selflessness forestalls atomic war.
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