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

She tried to stave off further awkward questions.
她竭力避开更尴尬的问题。
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。
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。
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？
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。