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語源

From pre- +‎ announce.

動詞

preannounce (third-person singular simple present preannounces, present participle preannouncing, simple past and past participle preannounced)

1. (transitive) To announce in advance.

   The company preannounced the impending takeover.

   • 1997 March 23, James Gleick, “Pushy, Pushy”, in The New York Times Magazine‎:

     Those responsible for preannouncing the Internet's hot new ideas are pushing Push with a ferocious unanimity.

   • 2000 October 1, Kenneth N. Gilpin, “MARKET INSIGHT; Openness Can Be A Two-Way Street”, in The New York Times‎:

     No one can remember, for example, the last time Alcoa preannounced their earnings.

   • 2004 November 29, John Markoff, “The Disco Ball of Failed Hopes and Other Tales From Inside Intel”, in The New York Times‎:

     The decision to preannounce an unproven technology was an uncharacteristic one for Intel, said G. Dan Hutcheson, president of VLSI Research Inc., and a longtime observer of the company.

   • 2013 February 5, Steven Davidoff Solomon, “Reasons to Be Suspicious of Buyouts Led by Management”, in The New York Times‎:

     In other words, the transaction is preferred because it is the best of bad choices. And at least one study has found that when management preannounces a deal it results in lower premiums presumably because it scares off other bidders.

   • 2015, Richard Severson, Ethical Principles for the Information Age‎:

     Some would say that Microsoft engaged in a subtle form of vaporware by preannouncing its product before it was actually ready to be delivered, then, at the last minute, announcing a short delay.

同意語

• foreannounce

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