ward off
英 [wɔːd ɒf]
美 [wɔːrd ɔːf]
避开,躲开,防止(危险、疾病等)
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 避开,躲开,防止(危险、疾病等)
Toward offa danger or illness means to prevent it from affecting you or harming you.- She may have put up a fight to try to ward off her assailant...
她可能进行了顽强的反抗,试图击退袭击者。 - Mass burials are now under way in an effort to ward off an outbreak of cholera.
为防止霍乱爆发正在进行大规模掩埋。
- She may have put up a fight to try to ward off her assailant...
英英释义
verb
- avert, turn away, or repel
- Ward off danger
- prevent the occurrence of
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
双语例句
- She raised her hand to ward off a blow.
她抬起手来,以挡开揍来的拳头。 - Some women take aspirin to ward off breast cancer.
一些妇女吃阿司匹林以防(避开)乳腺癌。 - If I spilt the salt, I should toss a pinch over my left shoulder to ward off misfortune.
如果我把盐弄撒了,我就得拾起一撮盐从左臂上扔过去以避免灾祸。 - Eating this will ward off various diseases.
吃这东西可以避免多种的传染病。 - He always carries a stick to ward off wild dogs.
他常常拿着一根棍子防野狗。 - He proposed a series of measures that might ward off the environmental apocalypse.
他提出了一系列可能避免环境灾难的措施。 - I still moisturize occasionally& if only to ward off ridicule.
我仍旧还是会偶尔做做保湿――即使只是为了避免别人的嘲笑。 - He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow
他扬起胳膊徒劳地想要挡住这一拳。 - Tea is now being used more frequently in skin products to ward off cancer and signs of aging.
如今,茶也更常用于护肤品来预防癌症和衰老的迹象。 - Such a thin padded coat cannot ward off the cold mountain wind.
这么薄的棉衣在高山上挡不住寒风。