stave off

短语

避开, 挡开, 延迟

发音

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词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert.

    习语

    He drank plenty of orange juice, hoping to stave off the cold making the rounds at the office.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

avoid avert deflect fend off head off debar forefend forfend obviate ward off

上位词 5

prevent forbid foreclose preclude forestall