forestall [f?:'st?:l]

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避免（動式，正式用語）

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(verb, FORMAL) To delay, postpone, or prevent from happening immediately.

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EXAMPLE: To forestall eviction, the tenant promised to pay half the rent due immediately, and the other half in two weeks.

為了免遭驅(qū)逐，這個租戶答應(yīng)馬上將所欠房租支付一半，兩周內(nèi)付另一半。

to fall due

規(guī)定日期（正式用語）

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(FORMAL) To be due (NOTE: usually refers to the date of a rental or mortgage payment.)

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EXAMPLE: The payment on my new house falls due on the first day of each month, and I will have to pay a fine if I am late.

我的新房的付款日期為每月的第一天，逾期我就必須支付罰款。