PHRASAL VERB 推迟;暂时避开 If you stave off something bad, or if you stave it off, you succeed in stopping it happening for a while. 推迟;暂时避开
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In a desperate attempt to stave off defeat, he reluctantly promised wholesale reform of the constitution. [VERB PREP. noun]
为了竭力避免败局，他勉强答应要对宪法进行大规模修改。
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But the reality of discovery was a different matter, and he did all he could to stave it off. [VERB noun PREP.]
但所发现的实际情况完全是另一回事，所以他只好尽自己所能暂缓其发生。