- pre-emptive (adj.)
- also preemptive, 1806, "pertaining to preemption;" from pre-emption + -ive. Specifically of an attack on an enemy who is plotting his own attack, 1958, a term from the Cold War. Related: Pre-emptively; preemptively.
- 1. The subject came up during a pre-dinner drink with our guests.
- 在与客人喝餐前酒的时候，有人提到了这个话题。
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- 2. Children graduate to the kindergarten, then pre-school, and then school.
- 孩子们先上幼儿园，然后上学前班，再接着上小学。
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- 3. Most pre-prepared weight loss products are next to useless.
- 大多数预制减肥产品几乎都没有什么功效。
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- 4. These ceremonies were already part of pre-Christian ritual in Mexico.
- 这些仪式已经成为墨西哥基督教时期以前的宗教仪式的一部分。
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- 5. For a decade "X" was the pre-eminent punk band in Los Angeles.
- 10年来，“X”乐队一直都是洛杉矶最杰出的朋克乐队。
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