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.
  1. 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。
• 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

• For the moment, however, European leaders are still concentrating on staving off the evil moment when this problem has to be confronted.
  但是现在，欧洲各国领导人仍在致力于延缓不得不直面问题的那一痛苦时刻的到来。
• 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。
• Last week, central bankers from the eurozone and Japan voiced optimism that their policies of quantitative easing and currency depreciation would be successful in staving off outright deflation.
  就在上周，欧元区各国央行和日本央行曾乐观表示，量化宽松和货币贬值政策有可能帮助它们成功避免全面通缩。
• Most adults gain one to two pounds a year over a lifetime, so staving off the holiday pound can go a long way.
  大多数成年人一生中，一年会增加一到两磅，所以避开在假期长肉将会对保持体重大有帮助。
• But if it is not, she will face a difficult ongoing balancing act between defending the integrity of an institution she now runs and staving off immediate disaster in a continent she has just left.
  否则，她就需要艰难而长期地维持一个平衡：一方面要捍卫她如今掌管的组织的廉正性，另一方面要为她刚刚离开的欧洲抵御迫在眉睫的灾难。
• 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。
• Americans spend more than$ 1 billion a year on calcium supplements in hopes of staving off osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease that cripples many elderly women and some men.
  美国人一年花费逾10亿美元购买各类钙补充剂，期望能推迟骨质疏松症的发生。骨质疏松症是一种让骨头变脆的疾病，许多老年女性和部分男性都会因骨质疏松致残。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the name of staving off the invasion, a series of targeted restrictions and incentives were rolled out.
  以阻挡入侵的名义，一系列定向的限制和鼓励措施出台。