staving

英 [ˈsteɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˈsteɪvɪŋ]

v.  延缓;压扁;在…上打洞; 破碎;穿孔
stave的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指用作武器的)棍，棒，杖
  Astaveis a strong stick, especially one that is used as a weapon.
  1. Many of the men had armed themselves with staves and pieces of iron.
     很多人用棍棒和铁器将自己武装起来。
• 五线谱
  Astaveis the five lines that music is written on.

in AM, use 美国英语用 staff

双语例句

• 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。
• Research has shown that a diet high in whole grains helps in staving off2 diabetes in older men, even obese ones.
  研究已显示多吃全麦食物能帮助老人预防糖尿病，甚至对肥胖的老人也有用。
• Most adults gain one to two pounds a year over a lifetime, so staving off the holiday pound can go a long way.
  大多数成年人一生中，一年会增加一到两磅，所以避开在假期长肉将会对保持体重大有帮助。
• But if it is not, she will face a difficult ongoing balancing act between defending the integrity of an institution she now runs and staving off immediate disaster in a continent she has just left.
  否则，她就需要艰难而长期地维持一个平衡：一方面要捍卫她如今掌管的组织的廉正性，另一方面要为她刚刚离开的欧洲抵御迫在眉睫的灾难。
• Ku smiled apologetically at Li and said," my luggage is all here. I think I'll go with them. there's no point staving here any longer. "
  顾尔谦向李梅亭抱歉地笑道：“我行李全到了，我想跟他们去，在这儿住下去没有意义。”
• At the same time, the eff is often an ally of Google and Facebook when it comes to staving off liability to rights holders over user-generated infringing content, like pirated movies, photos, or music.
  然而与此同时，在用户生成的侵权内容方面（比如盗版电影、照片或音乐），电子前沿基金会的态度通常与谷歌和Facebook是一致的，都不赞成版权所有人向传播方追究连带责任。
• Aren't we supposed to be paying this kind of attention to our health, reducing risks, staving off illness and catching problems while they're still small?
  难道我们不应该通过年检来关注自己的健康，降低风险，避开疾病并且在疾病发病初期就发现问题吗？
• Americans spend more than$ 20 billion a year on supplements in hopes of staving off cancer, heart disease, and dementia.
  美国人每年买补品花费超过200亿美元，希望能避免癌症、心脏病和痴呆症。
• Growth hormone also plays a role in fighting tissue breakdown, staving off stress fractures and improving metabolic function.
  生长激素在对抗阻止分解、应力断裂和提高新陈代谢功能中也发挥作用。
• There is little downside in predicting disaster: if it does not materialise they can claim to have been instrumental in staving it off.
  预言灾难几乎毫无坏处：如果灾难没有出现，他们可以声称预言对防止灾难起到了重要作用。