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。
• 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。
• Warm clothing and good food helps to ward off a cold.
  暖和的衣服和良好的食物有助于预防感冒。
• This, it is thought, helps ward off health problems including cancer and heart disease.
  他们认为这种蔬菜有助于抵御包括癌症和心脏病这类健康问题。
• Eating this will ward off various diseases.
  吃这东西可以避免多种的传染病。
• Many people swear by vitamin C's ability to ward off colds.
  许多人深信维生素C能预防感冒。
• 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。
• He poised himself to ward off the attack.
  他摆出要挡开攻击的姿势。
• He always carries a stick to ward off wild dogs.
  他常常拿着一根棍子防野狗。
• 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。