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 preemption
 占先

 pre-emption
      n 1: the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal
           over state legislation on the same subject [syn: preemption]
      2: the right of a government to seize or appropriate something
         (as property) [syn: preemption]
      3: the right to purchase something in advance of others [syn: preemption]
      4: a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of
         bandwidth by commercial interests" [syn: preemption]

 preemption
      n 1: the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal
           over state legislation on the same subject [syn: pre-emption]
      2: the right of a government to seize or appropriate something
         (as property) [syn: pre-emption]
      3: the right to purchase something in advance of others [syn: pre-emption]
      4: a prior appropriation of something; "the preemption of
         bandwidth by commercial interests" [syn: pre-emption]