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

• This, it is thought, helps ward off health problems including cancer and heart disease.
  他们认为这种蔬菜有助于抵御包括癌症和心脏病这类健康问题。
• He always carries a stick to ward off wild dogs.
  他常常拿着一根棍子防野狗。
• 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。
• Many doctors advised washing my hands often to ward off many types of illness.
  许多医生建议我多洗手来避开多种疾病。
• Back on the city streets, people are wearing breathing masks to ward off any ill effects.
  回到城市的道路上，人们都戴着口罩来避开任何不良后果。
• Have a drop. It'll ward off the cold of the night.
  喝一口挡挡夜里的寒气。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。