stave off

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stave off (staving,staved,staves)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB If you stave off something bad, or if you stave it off, you succeed in stopping it from happening for a while. 延緩

  ...a cost-saving plan intended to stave off bankruptcy. ...一個旨在避免破産的成本節(jié)約計劃。

  We'll never be able to stop beach erosion, we can only stave it off. 我們永遠都不能阻止海灘被侵蝕，我們衹能暫緩其發(fā)生。

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