staving
英 [ˈsteɪvɪŋ]
美 [ˈsteɪvɪŋ]
v. 延缓;压扁;在…上打洞; 破碎;穿孔
stave的现在分词
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT (尤指用作武器的)棍，棒，杖
Astaveis a strong stick, especially one that is used as a weapon.- Many of the men had armed themselves with staves and pieces of iron.
很多人用棍棒和铁器将自己武装起来。
- Many of the men had armed themselves with staves and pieces of iron.
- 五线谱
Astaveis the five lines that music is written on.
in AM, use 美国英语用 staff
双语例句
- We keep the back channels open in hopes of staving off disaster.
打开秘密渠道，以免灾难发生。 - With political opposition to new loans to Greece growing in several northern eurozone countries and the European Central Bank adamantly against any restructuring of Greek debt, European leaders see the privatisation plan as the best hope of staving off insolvency.
在一些欧元区北方国家，反对为希腊提供新贷款的政治声浪日益高涨，而欧洲央行（ECB）坚决反对希腊重组债务。因此，欧洲领导人把私有化计划视作希腊避免破产的最大希望。 - There is little downside in predicting disaster: if it does not materialise they can claim to have been instrumental in staving it off.
预言灾难几乎毫无坏处：如果灾难没有出现，他们可以声称预言对防止灾难起到了重要作用。 - We don't know how long the building work will last, but we'll be staving with friends for the duration.
我们不知道这项建筑工程要持续多久，但我们在施工期间将住在朋友家。 - Some of the variants could have a role in staving off debilitating age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and cardiovascular disease.
一些变异有延缓与年龄有关的衰弱性疾病的作用，比如老年痴呆症和心血管疾病。 - For several years the United States had been staving off the entry of Beijing into the un.
好几年来，美国一直在阻止北京进入联合国。 - Jane was so beautiful that she had difficulty staving off all the men who wanted to marry her.
简太美了，很难抵挡向她求婚的所有男人。 - He has obviously been listening to the talk on TV about how the American consumer is keeping the world economy from sinkingsintosrecession and perhaps even staving off a catastrophic bout of deflation.
显然，他是一直听电视里有关美国消费者正在使世界经济不致陷入萧条、甚至还会避免一场通货紧缩灾难的谈话节目。 - More importantly for Mr Obama, he can now claim back home that he has led the global effort to tackle the global recession while staving off any attempt to pin the blame on the US.
对奥巴马来说更重要的是，现在他回国后可以宣称，自己在解决全球经济衰退的全球努力中发挥了领导作用，同时击退了任何将责任归咎于美国的企图。 - Research has shown that a diet high in whole grains helps in staving off2 diabetes in older men, even obese ones.
研究已显示多吃全麦食物能帮助老人预防糖尿病，甚至对肥胖的老人也有用。