stave off
Phrasal Verb
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★★★☆☆ Moderate
Neutral
意味: To delay or prevent something unpleasant
阻止或推迟不愉快的事情发生
Retrasar o prevenir algo desagradable
（好ましくないことを）食い止める、回避する
좋지 않은 일을 막다, 피하다
Used for temporarily preventing something inevitable.
用于暂时阻止不可避免的事情。
Se usa para prevenir temporalmente algo inevitable.
避けられないことを一時的に防ぐ際に使う。
피할 수 없는 일을 일시적으로 막거나 늦추는 데 쓰인다.
Base verb: stave
Particle: off
Separable: Yes — the object can go between the verb and particle
例文
- She had some coffee to stave off tiredness. 她喝了点咖啡来抵抗困意Tomó café para combatir el cansancio眠気を紛らわすためにコーヒーを飲んだ졸음을 쫓기 위해 커피를 마셨다.
- Measures to stave off a recession. 防止经济衰退的措施Medidas para evitar una recesión不況を回避するための対策경기 침체를 막기 위한 대책.
- They're trying to stave off bankruptcy. 他们正试图避免破产Están intentando evitar la quiebra彼らは破産を食い止めようとしている그들은 파산을 막으려 하고 있다.
発音
使い方ガイド
場面: prevention, delay, survival
トーン: urgent
✓ 正しい言い方
- Stave off disaster避免灾难evitar el desastre災害を食い止める재앙을 막다
起源と歴史
From using a staff or stave to keep something at bay.
文化的背景
Era: Modern
Generation: All ages
Social background: Universal
このトピックの他の表現
turn into
★★★★★
To become something different
move on
★★★★★
To progress to the next thing; to stop dwelling on the past
wear out
★★★★★
To become unusable through use; to exhaust
pick up
★★★★★
To improve or increase
take up
★★★★★
To start a new activity or hobby
cut down
★★★★★
To reduce the amount of something
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