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A pre-emptive action is one you take before the other thing happens — especially before something can hurt you. You move first so you do not have to wait and get hit.
A pre-emptive actionPre-emptive的行動 is one you take before the other thing happens是在另一件事發生之前先採取的 especially before something can hurt you特別是在對方可能傷害你之前 You move first你先出手 so you do not have to wait and get hit這樣就不用等著被打
The picture people know from the news is a pre-emptive strike: you attack because you believe the other side is about to attack you.
The picture people know from the news is a pre-emptive strike大家從新聞認識的畫面是pre-emptive strike（先制攻擊） you attack because you believe the other side is about to attack you你先攻擊，是因為你相信對方就要攻擊你了
In quieter life it shows up too: a pre-emptive apology (sorry before anyone complains), a pre-emptive legal move, a pre-emptive offer. In card games, a pre-emptive bid is a high bid meant to shut other players out. In business, pre-emptive rights let current shareholders buy new shares first — and that sense sits closer to the old idea of taking something before others can.
In quieter life it shows up too在比較平常的生活裡也會出現 a pre-emptive apology像是pre-emptive apology（趕在別人抱怨前先道歉） a pre-emptive legal move、pre-emptive legal move（先發制人的法律動作） a pre-emptive offer或pre-emptive offer（先出的條件） In card games在牌局裡 a pre-emptive bid is a high bid meant to shut other players outpre-emptive bid是刻意叫得很高、想把其他玩家擋在外面的叫牌 In business在商業上 pre-emptive rights let current shareholders buy new shares firstpre-emptive rights讓現有股東能優先買新股 and that sense sits closer to the old idea of taking something before others can這個用法比較接近原本「搶在別人前面拿到」的意思
The word is fairly formal, but news and business use it a lot. Though actually, people stretch it and call something pre-emptive when it is merely early or cautious, even if nobody was about to harm them. American spelling often drops the : preemptive.
The word is fairly formal這個字算是滿正式的 but news and business use it a lot但新聞和商業都很常用 Though actually不過其實 people stretch it and call something pre-emptive大家有時也會用得寬一點，把東西說成pre-emptive when it is merely early or cautious其實只是提早或謹慎而已 even if nobody was about to harm them即使根本沒人要傷害他們 American spelling often drops the hyphen美式拼法常常會拿掉連字號 preemptive寫成preemptive
The verb is pre-empt (or preempt).
The verb is pre-empt (or preempt)動詞是pre-empt（或preempt）
組成From pre-empt (to act or take something first) + -ive. Pre-empt is pre- (before) plus a piece that originally had to do with taking or buying.
同家族的字
- pre-emptthe verb: to act first, or to take something before others can
- pre-emptionthe noun for that first move
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。