stave off

英 [steɪv ɒf]

美 [steɪv ɔːf]

推迟; 暂时避开

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 推迟;暂时避开
  If youstave offsomething bad, or if youstaveitoff, you succeed in stopping it happening for a while.
  1. In a desperate attempt to stave off defeat, he reluctantly promised wholesale reform of the constitution...
     为了竭力避免败局，他勉强答应要对宪法进行大规模修改。
  2. But the reality of discovery was a different matter, and he did all he could to stave it off.
     但所发现的实际情况完全是另一回事，所以他只好尽自己所能暂缓其发生。

英英释义

verb

• prevent the occurrence of
  1. Let's avoid a confrontation
  2. head off a confrontation
  3. avert a strike
  Synonym:debarforefendforfendobviatedeflectaverthead offfend offavoidward off

双语例句

• High-yielding varieties, along with subsidized fertilizer and irrigation, have helped India stave off famine for decades.
  这十年里，高产的稻种、政府补贴额化肥和灌溉系统，使印度没有发生过饥荒。
• Dieting to be thin is on its own not enough to stave off diabetes.
  研究人员说，节食本身不足以延缓糖尿病。
• She is determined to stave off the man who wanted to abandon her when she was in trouble.
  她决心甩掉那个在她陷入困境时想抛弃她的那个人。
• But if foreign earnings have helped US multinationals stave off a fall in profitability, the question is whether the current reliance on the rest of the world is just a cyclical phase or the harbinger of a transformation in corporate America.
  但如果说海外收入帮助美国的跨国企业避免了利润率的下降，那么现在的问题是，当前对世界其它地方的依赖究竟只是一个周期性阶段，还是美国企业界变革的预兆？
• Second, he did what was necessary to stave off a global depression.
  其次，奥巴马为防止全球陷入萧条采取了必要的做法。
• When you plan to be out all day, bring along your own healthy snacks to stave off hunger.
  如果你打算出去一整天，带上你自己的健康零食来抵御饥饿。
• This will clean the blade, stave off rusting, and add weeks of shaving life.
  这将会清洁刀片、防止生锈，延长几周使用寿命。
• She tried to stave off further awkward questions.
  她竭力避开更尴尬的问题。
• They want to stave off any attempt to intervene.
  他们想要防止任何进行干涉的企图。
• But the reality of discovery was a different matter, and he did all he could to stave it off.
  但所发现的实际情况完全是另一回事，所以他只好尽自己所能暂缓其发生。