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

• 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。
• 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。
• He said tightly limiting movement of patients and careful disposal of bodies can stave off a major medical disaster.
  他还说，通过限制病人随意走动和小心处理好死者遗体就能遏制住疫情大蔓延的发生。
• 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。
• They want to stave off any attempt to intervene.
  他们想要防止任何进行干涉的企图。
• 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。
• She tried to stave off further awkward questions.
  她竭力避开更尴尬的问题。
• 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。
• It was impossible to stave off disaster.
  想避免灾难是不可能的。
• Just think back to 2008, when our officials failed to stave off a come-to-jesus-moment on Wall Street.
  不妨回想2008年，当时美国官员们也未能令华尔街摆脱末日审判。