Trying to stave off that tricky topic, pug asked, "sir, why don't we take in a lot more refugees! " 为了竭力回避这个不好对付的话题，帕格问道：“先生，我们为什么不多接受难民呢？”
He had told more lies in his time, and undergone more baseness of stratagem in order to stave off a small debt . 他一生说的谎，耍的卑鄙手段都不算少，但这一切只是为了躲一笔小小的债。
"she's got to eat," mrs. hopewell muttered, sipping her coffee, while she watched joy's back at the stove . “她得吃呀，”霍普韦太太嘀咕着，一边品尝咖啡，一边注视着欢姐背着她站在炉边的身影。
The blow was well timed, for britain and the united states were then struggling to stave off international economic collapse . 这次进攻的时机选得很好，因为当时英、美正力图挽救国际经济崩溃之局。
For a space of time that seemed to her as long as she had been upon the earth, she sat huddled over the cold stove . 她蜷缩着坐在清冷的火炉旁待了一段时间，她觉得这段时间似乎和她活在世上的时间一般长久。
She saw him stare at the coals glowing red through the crevices of the stove and run his fingers nervously through his hair . 她瞧见他正透过火炉的缝隙凝视着那烧得火红的煤块。他有些神经质地不断用手指搔他的头发。
Drouet had carrie establish a little portable gas stove for the preparation of small lunched, oysters, welsh rarebits, and the like . 杜洛埃要嘉莉装了一具可以移动的煤气炉，以便烹调牡蛎、威尔士干酪面包之类的小食之用。
Can pollutant stave off the global warming crisis 污染物可否推迟全球变暖危机？
Don ' t make the gas stove go out when i was out 我不在家的时候，请别让炉子灭了
The smoke from the stove almost choked me 炉子里发出的烟呛得我几乎透不过气来。
