Tom's cupbearer was present, and forestalled all his attempts to help himself to wine.

汤姆的司酒也在场，阻止了他随便喝酒。

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He forestalled me to propose a new question.

他抢先于我提出了新问题。

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Disrupting it thus forestalled the risk of creating anything nasty.

破坏它提前防止了引起麻烦问题的危险性。

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Although the plan has forestalled Armageddon in the American housing market, it is no cure-all.

ECONOMIST: Financial services

This unintentionally forestalled development at the main airports when new capacity proved to be required earlier than expected.

ECONOMIST: Finding fault with Heathrow and its owner was the easy part

Monsanto nearly exited last year, too, an event forestalled only by the collapse of a merger with American Home Products.

FORBES: Yes, there is a pulse