stave something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v (past tensepst and past participlepp staved) PREVENTto keep someone or something from reaching you or affecting you for a period of time 挡开;避开 She brought some fruit on the journey to stave off hunger. 她旅途上带了些水果充饥。
stave off• Panic and anger both are rising in me, but I try to stave them off.• The manager can manipulate some things to stave that off, but pop music is about being popular.• The longer you stave that off, the less time you will spend building fatigue toxins.
stave off hunger• The catch was welcome, but more to vary our diet than stave off hunger.
→ stave something ↔ off at stave2(2)