ward off

英 [wɔːd ɒf]

美 [wɔːrd ɔːf]

避开，躲开，防止（危险、疾病等）

TOEFL

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

verb

• avert, turn away, or repel
  1. Ward off danger
• prevent the occurrence of
  1. Let's avoid a confrontation
  2. head off a confrontation
  3. avert a strike
  Synonym:debarforefendforfendobviatedeflectaverthead offstave offfend offavoid

双语例句

• He managed to free one hand to ward off a punch.
  他设法挣脱出一只手来挡住了一拳。
• I drank some hot chocolate to ward off the cold.
  我喝了一点热巧克力来驱寒。
• To ward off the feeling, I drank the whisky quickly.
  为了消除这种感觉，我赶紧喝了点威士忌。
• 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。
• 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。
• Then, concrete strategies and measures to ward off and control the risks have been proposed.
  然后，文章针对高校内部审计风险提出了防范和控制的一些具体的策略和措施。
• He poised himself to ward off the attack.
  他摆出要挡开攻击的姿势。
• She raised her hand to ward off a blow.
  她抬起手来，以挡开揍来的拳头。
• The intruder lunged at me with a knife; I snatched up a briefcase to ward off the blow.
  闯入者持刀向我刺来，我急忙抓起一个公文包抵挡。
• She was given a magic charm to ward off evil spirits.
  她被赋予了一种魔力，能避开邪恶的鬼神。