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

• Unobstructed access for humanitarian assistance is critical to stave off needless death and suffering.
  畅通无阻地提供人道主义援助对于避免不必要的死亡和痛苦至关重要。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• To stave off recession, the Federal Reserve loosened monetary policy.
  为了防止经济衰退，美联储放松了货币政策。
• 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。
• It was impossible to stave off disaster.
  想避免灾难是不可能的。
• I went on desperately reading to her-reading my own poems-anybody's poems-to stave off conversation.
  我先是拼命地念诗给她听念我自己的诗还念别人的诗避免谈话。
• 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。