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

• Many investors do not think it goes far enough to stave off a recession.
  很多投资者认为，该计划的实施力度不足以避免经济衰退。
• The first priority of the rebels-turned-rulers must be physical security to stave off anarchy and looting.
  从反政府武装转型来的统治者们的首要任务就是确保人身安全，防止混乱和劫掠。
• WASHINGTON ( Reuters)-Good news for aging hippies: smoking pot may stave off Alzheimer's disease.
  华盛顿（路透社）-对那些老龄的嬉皮士是个好消息，吸食大麻可能延缓老年痴呆的病程。
• It was impossible to stave off disaster.
  想避免灾难是不可能的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Once we caught him dozing off in class. A nap will stave off fatigue.
  有一次我们发现他在上课时打盹。打个盹会消除疲乏。
• 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。
• 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。
• Employers have cut spending on business travel and client entertaining as they look for other ways of reducing costs to stave off damaging redundancies, a study reveals on Monday.
  最近公布的一份研究报告显示，随着各雇主寻求其它削减成本的方式，以规避有破坏性的裁员，他们已减少了商务旅行和客户招待方面的支出。