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

• Such a thin padded coat cannot ward off the cold mountain wind.
  这么薄的棉衣在高山上挡不住寒风。
• He poised himself to ward off the attack.
  他摆出要挡开攻击的姿势。
• Malachite was used as a children's talisman to ward off danger and illness.
  孔雀石被用作儿童的护身符，以抵御危险和疾病。
• Some women take aspirin to ward off breast cancer.
  一些妇女吃阿司匹林以防（避开）乳腺癌。
• He took vitamins to ward off head colds.
  他吃维生素以避免伤风。
• 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。
• He proposed a series of measures that might ward off the environmental apocalypse.
  他提出了一系列可能避免环境灾难的措施。
• Have a drop. It'll ward off the cold of the night.
  喝一口挡挡夜里的寒气。
• 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。