stave off meaning in English
避开, 挡开, 延迟
Examples
- For a short while, this staves off fire .
在短时间内这可延缓着火。 - Glad that you 've staved off the trouble .
很高兴你避开了这件麻烦事儿。 - 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 the bread, potatoes, meat and hot floury puddings which staved off exhaustion .
吃面包、土豆、肉和热米粉布丁能够驱除疲劳。 - For several years the united states had been staving off the entry of beijing into the un .
好几年来，美国一直在阻止北京进入联合国。