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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• I drank some hot chocolate to ward off the cold.
  我喝了一点热巧克力来驱寒。
• Have a drop. It'll ward off the cold of the night.
  喝一口挡挡夜里的寒气。
• 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。
• 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 poised himself to ward off the attack.
  他摆出要挡开攻击的姿势。