also preempt, 1830, "secure by pre-emtion," back-formation from pre-emption, originally American English. In the broascasting sense, it is attested from 1965, American English, a euphemism for "cancel." Related: pre-empted; preempted.
例文
1. The subject came up during a pre -dinner drink with our guests.
お客様と食前酒を飲んでいるときに、この話題に触れた人がいます。
2.Children graduate to the kindergarten,then pre -school,and then school.
子供たちは先に幼稚園に行って、それから学校の前のクラスに行って、それから小学校に行きます。
3.Most pre -prepared weight loss products are next to useless.
プレダイエット製品の多くはほとんど効果がありません。
4.These ceremonies were already part of pre -Christian ritual in Mexico.
これらの儀式はメキシコキリスト教時代以前の宗教儀式の一部となっている。
5.For a decade "X "was the pre -eminent punk band in Los Angeles.