stave off中文什么意思

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• stave:    n. 1.(桶等的)侧板，狭板，桶板 ...
• off:    adv. 1.〔运动〕向那边，隔开。 ...
• cask stave off:    桶板脱落

例句与用法

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1. For a short while, this staves off fire .
   在短时间内这可延缓着火。
2. Glad that you 've staved off the trouble .
   很高兴你避开了这件麻烦事儿。
3. To stave off disaster we could look only to them .
   要阻挡灾难来临，我们只能指望他们了。
4. It was the bread, potatoes, meat and hot floury puddings which staved off exhaustion .
   吃面包、土豆、肉和热米粉布丁能够驱除疲劳。
5. For several years the united states had been staving off the entry of beijing into the un .
   好几年来，美国一直在阻止北京进入联合国。

英文释义

动词

1. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let''s avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike"
   同义词：debar, forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, fend off, avoid, ward off