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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He took vitamins to ward off head colds.
  他吃维生素以避免伤风。
• She raised her hand to ward off a blow.
  她抬起手来，以挡开揍来的拳头。
• You should take some vitamins to ward off colds.
  你应该吃点维生素片预防感冒。
• 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。
• He managed to ward off the blow.
  他设法避过了那一击。
• I drank some hot chocolate to ward off the cold.
  我喝了一点热巧克力来驱寒。