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 free one hand to ward off a punch.
  他设法挣脱出一只手来挡住了一拳。
• Tea is now being used more frequently in skin products to ward off cancer and signs of aging.
  如今，茶也更常用于护肤品来预防癌症和衰老的迹象。
• He took vitamins to ward off head colds.
  他吃维生素以避免伤风。
• 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。
• I drank some hot chocolate to ward off the cold.
  我喝了一点热巧克力来驱寒。
• He managed to ward off the blow.
  他设法避过了那一击。
• 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。
• You should take some vitamins to ward off colds.
  你应该吃点维生素片预防感冒。
• 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。
• 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。