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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 'How long are you staving?'i asked him uncivilly.
“你要待多久？”我很不客气地问他。 - That deal, aimed at staving off the need for compulsory redundancies, involves staff accepting a pay freeze on their hourly rate, a reduction in working hours, and enhanced pensions under a two-year deal.
上述协议旨在暂时避开强制性裁员的需要，内容包括职员接受计时工资冻结不再涨薪、工时减少以及增加两年期合同中的养老金。 - 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。 - We keep the back channels open in hopes of staving off disaster.
打开秘密渠道，以免灾难发生。 - 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。 - 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。 - Growth hormone also plays a role in fighting tissue breakdown, staving off stress fractures and improving metabolic function.
生长激素在对抗阻止分解、应力断裂和提高新陈代谢功能中也发挥作用。