v.避开，挡开，延迟; 暂时挡住; 避开（某事）; 延缓; 推迟（令人不快的事物）

避开；延缓

staved off───避开；延缓

staves off───避开；延缓

stove off───炉子关了

gave off───发出（光等）；长出（枝、杈等）

leave off───停止

scare off───吓跑

shake off───摆脱；抖落

shove off───离开；开船

stand off───疏远，远离；避开；离岸

You have had to write checks to stave off the ever - insistent clains of your creditors.───你必须很快地开出支票来偿付你的没完没了的欠债.

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.

The Guiyang Evening News said the miners chewed coal to stave off their hunger pangs.───贵阳晚间新闻称,此三人通过咀嚼煤矿矿渣消除饥饿感.

A nap will stave off fatigue.───打个盹会消除疲乏.

Some of the Molecules and Cells in Human Milk Actively Help Infants Stave Off Infection.───母乳中的有益分子和细胞在积极地帮助婴儿免受感染.

Can Pollutant Stave off the Global Warming Crisis?───污染物可否推迟全球变暖危机?

The company managed to stave off bankruptcy for another few months.───公司想方设法又坚持了几个月而未破产.

Eat plenty, especially the whole - grain kind; the extra fiber could help stave off colon cancer.───多吃谷物, 特别是整粒的谷物, 额外的纤维有助于减少结肠癌风险.

Tom is the best player to stave off defeat for our team.───汤姆是最好的运动员,能使我队立于不败之地.

Though there were failures, too, It'seemed as if good management could stave off the tragedy.───虽然也有一些失败的例子, 但是看起来好的管理可以避免悲剧发生.

There's no sense of straining to stay awake or to stave off sleep.───没有那种持续的竭力保持清醒，从而延缓睡觉的感觉，我根本就没有睡意。

But green rates do more for farmers than stave off currency changes.───原译文:但是,绿色兑换率是为了保护农民的利益,不是为了防止货币变化.

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。

Water rationing was implemented in order to stave off a water shortage.───实施限水措施是为了延缓缺水的现象.

He thought of riding a camel to conserve his strength and stave off hunger.───想到这里,他想骑上骆驼,省些力气可以多挨一会儿饥饿.

But one of Italy's biggest property companies , Risanamento , is fighting to stave off its creditors.───不过,意大利最大的地产公司之一的Risanamento正想尽办法逃避其债主们.

You have had to write checks to stave off the ever - insistent claims of your creditors.───你必须很快地据此而开出支票来偿付你的没完没了的欠债.

It won't be pretty, but it could stave off some much uglier alternatives.───这种做法不见得漂亮，但可以避免一些非常讨厌的选择。