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

• Second, he did what was necessary to stave off a global depression.
  其次，奥巴马为防止全球陷入萧条采取了必要的做法。
• This will clean the blade, stave off rusting, and add weeks of shaving life.
  这将会清洁刀片、防止生锈，延长几周使用寿命。
• 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。
• Many people switch on the television simply to stave off boredom over the Christmas break
  很多人打开电视仅仅是为了打发圣诞节休息期间的无聊时光而已。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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 lost explorers ate birds'eggs to stave off starvation.
  为了避免饿死，那些迷路的勘探人员吃鸟蛋充饥。
• 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。
• But three economists said the numbers confirmed Chinese banks implemented rollovers on a huge scale to stave off defaults.
  但是，三名经济学家表示，这些数字证实中国各银行实施了巨大规模的滚转操作，以避免面对违约。