head off

英 [hed ɒf]

美 [hed ɔːf]

拦截; 拦住; 防止（尤指不愉快的事）发生

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 拦截;拦住
  If youhead offa person, animal, or vehicle, you move to a place in front of them in order to capture them or make them change the direction they are moving in.
  1. He changed direction swiftly, turned into the hallway and headed her off.
     他迅速改变方向，拐进走廊截住了她。
• PHRASAL VERB 阻止，防止（尤指不愉快的事）发生
  If youheadsomethingoff, especially something unpleasant, you take action before it is expected to happen in order to prevent it from happening.
  1. He would ask Congress to intervene and head off a strike...
     他将要求国会进行干预，防止发生罢工。
  2. You have to be good at spotting trouble on the way and heading it off.
     你必须善于发现潜在的麻烦并加以化解。

英英释义

verb

• prevent the occurrence of
  1. Let's avoid a confrontation
  2. head off a confrontation
  3. avert a strike
  Synonym:debarforefendforfendobviatedeflectavertstave offfend offavoidward off

双语例句

• He wrenched the fowl's head off.
  他拧下了鸟头。
• I thought that I would laugh my head off, but I had to stop because my sides hurt.
  我以为我会笑的前仰后合的，但我不停下来，我的身体两侧很痛。
• Spit it out before I blow your head off!
  快讲，否则我崩了你的头！
• Take your head off my shoulder, son.
  把你的脑袋从我的肩膀上拿开，孩子。
• Yesterday you wanted to bite my head off.
  那昨天你就不会要咬下我的头。
• You put it down nowor I'll blow your head off!
  你现在把它放下要么我崩了你！
• Will you boys stop yelling your head off just outside my window!
  你们这些男孩不要在我窗外高声喊叫好不好！
• If you don't take back what you said about me, I'm going to knock your head off.
  要是不把说你的话收回，我就要狠狠揍你。
• I'll chop your head off if you dare to make any tricks!
  你要是敢耍花招，我叫你人头落地！
• If I were president obama, I'd be doing all I could to head off this prospect, offering some major new initiatives on the economic front in particular, if only to shake up the political dynamic.
  假如我是奥巴马总统，我会全力以赴避免出现这种局面，特别是在经济战线，我会提出一些新的重大举措，如果仅仅打破这些政治动力。