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

• He managed to ward off the blow.
  他设法避过了那一击。
• 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。
• He always carries a stick to ward off wild dogs.
  他常常拿着一根棍子防野狗。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I drank some hot chocolate to ward off the cold.
  我喝了一点热巧克力来驱寒。
• 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 took vitamins to ward off head colds.
  他吃维生素以避免伤风。
• 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。