staving

英 [ˈsteɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˈsteɪvɪŋ]

v.  延缓;压扁;在…上打洞; 破碎;穿孔
stave的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指用作武器的)棍，棒，杖
  Astaveis a strong stick, especially one that is used as a weapon.
  1. Many of the men had armed themselves with staves and pieces of iron.
     很多人用棍棒和铁器将自己武装起来。
• 五线谱
  Astaveis the five lines that music is written on.

in AM, use 美国英语用 staff

双语例句

• Jane was so beautiful that she had difficulty staving off all the men who wanted to marry her.
  简太美了，很难抵挡向她求婚的所有男人。
• For several years the United States had been staving off the entry of Beijing into the un.
  好几年来，美国一直在阻止北京进入联合国。
• A Comparative Research of Ancient and Modern Mechanism about Athletic Exercise Staving off Decrepitude
  运动延缓衰老的古今机理研究比较
• Governments, and particularly the US government, reacted on each occasion by pumping money into the financial system in the hope of staving off wider collapse, with some degree of success.
  在每个极端，各国政府（尤其是美国政府）的回应都是向金融体系注资，以期阻止更大范围的崩盘，它们在某种程度上获得了成功。
• For the moment, however, European leaders are still concentrating on staving off the evil moment when this problem has to be confronted.
  但是现在，欧洲各国领导人仍在致力于延缓不得不直面问题的那一痛苦时刻的到来。
• Aren't we supposed to be paying this kind of attention to our health, reducing risks, staving off illness and catching problems while they're still small?
  难道我们不应该通过年检来关注自己的健康，降低风险，避开疾病并且在疾病发病初期就发现问题吗？
• Broadly speaking, the genes less active in the lonely were those involved in staving off viral infections.
  一般来说，孤独的人体内活力较低的基因是那些帮助人们避开病毒感染的基因。
• And the use of hormones does need to be restricted to the relief of menopausal symptoms, not as a means of staving off heart disease, she added.
  激素治疗只能被用于减轻更年期症状，而不能用于预防心脏病的发生。
• A more effective approach to staving off potential unrest in urban areas would be to increase investment, not in more hardware, but in human capital.
  阻止城市地区发生潜在骚乱的更有效方法将是增加投资&不是建设更多的硬件设施，而是投资于人力资本。
• Most adults gain one to two pounds a year over a lifetime, so staving off the holiday pound can go a long way.
  大多数成年人一生中，一年会增加一到两磅，所以避开在假期长肉将会对保持体重大有帮助。