0 to do or say something before someone so that you make their words or actions unnecessary or not effective -- 抢在…之前说话（或行动）；预先制止
In the preface to this book the authors pre-empt some of the criticisms they feel may be made by potential reviewers.
Nor is it enough to merely pre-empt criticism; it is also necessary to develop a different narrative by situating arguments within space and time.
The good architect's intuition guides him or her to think around the corner and pre-empt problems.
They had attempted to pre-empt negative criticism of his works by turning potential weaknesses into strengths.
His reserves of data and references pre-empt or deter the more obvious forms of attack.
Then the exotic must be tamed and dressedup in order to pre-empt any evocation of the enemy within.
It would be unfair to pre-empt full publication of this work, and a short summary would do violence to the nuance of its analysis.
The open loop solution overlooks strategic responses,7 in which players pre-empt the opponents by extracting more (strategic externality).
