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

• 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。
• 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 poised himself to ward off the attack.
  他摆出要挡开攻击的姿势。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He took vitamins to ward off head colds.
  他吃维生素以避免伤风。
• He always carries a stick to ward off wild dogs.
  他常常拿着一根棍子防野狗。