1. The Commission has been planning an EU-wide directive, but the Franco-German action has now pre-empted the outcome.
    欧盟委员会一直酝酿出台一份覆盖整个欧盟的条例，然而法德两国抢先行动了。

2. pre-empted的近义词

2. A low priority thread (at priority P3) acquires the lock on an object and is pre-empted by a higher priority thread (at priority P1), as the specification mandates.
    就像规范要求的那样，一个低优先级线程（优先级P3）获取了一个对象的锁，会被一个高优先级（优先级P1）的线程夺取执行权。

3. He pre-empted any decision to sack him
    他预先阻止了所有解雇他的决定。

4. pre-empted

4. The government pre-empted a threatened strike at the state-owned copper company.
    政府先发制人，制止了国有铜矿公司可能发生的一次罢工。