fend off

英 [fend ɒf]

美 [fend ɔːf]

挡开，避开（问题或人）; 挡住，抵挡（攻击）

英英释义

verb

• prevent the occurrence of
  1. Let's avoid a confrontation
  2. head off a confrontation
  3. avert a strike
  Synonym:debarforefendforfendobviatedeflectaverthead offstave offavoidward off

双语例句

• Many companies are hunting for drugs to fend off this sort of memory loss.
  许多公司正搜寻这种抵挡记忆丧失的药物。
• To fend off enemies he made in this one.
  用来击退他生前的敌人。
• Whether this means that we are going to have to fend off recessionary tendencies is not yet clear.
  这是否意味着我们将不得不防范经济衰退的趋势，目前尚不清楚。
• The vampire laughed at their gesture and thanked them for giving him a stick to fend off dogs.
  那个吸血鬼嘲笑他们的作法，还谢谢他们给了他一根棒子来驱赶野狗。
• City institutions had hoped that the UK Treasury and British regulators would help fend off European legislation.
  伦敦金融城的各家机构曾希望，英国财政部（uktreasury）和监管部门会帮助他们绕开欧洲法律的规范。
• Iran may well be calculating that it has done enough to fend off further sanctions.
  伊朗很有可能在考虑自己已经做了很多事抵挡进一步的制裁。
• Will I even be able to fend off my demons and feel loved?
  我是否还能战胜我的邪念并且感到我是被爱着的？
• At work, my colleagues and I have to fend off angry secretaries on a weekly basis.
  在工作中，我和我的同事击退愤怒的司级官员就每周一次的基础上。
• The minister has to fend off some awkward question from reporter.
  部长需避开记者提出的某些尴尬的问题。
• It was performed to ensure the safety of the departed soul or to fend off demonic spirits.
  （尤指在人心中的）恶魔，恶灵这样做确保死了的灵魂安全或挡开恶灵。