挡开，避开：指防止或推迟某事发生，尤其是不希望发生的事情。
推迟，延缓：指推迟或延缓某事的发生。
stave off // [ staving staved staves ]
动词词组 If you stave off something bad, or if you stave it off, you succeed in stopping it from happening for a while. 延缓
...a cost-saving plan intended to stave off bankruptcy.
...一个旨在避免破产的成本节约计划。
We'll never be able to stop beach erosion, we can only stave it off.
我们永远都不能阻止海滩被侵蚀，我们只能暂缓其发生。
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There's no sense of straining to stay awake or to stave off sleep.
并没有那种持续的竭力保持清醒，从而延缓睡觉的感觉，我根本就没有睡意。
It won't be pretty, but it could stave off some much uglier alternatives.
这种做法不见得漂亮，但可以避免一些非常讨厌的选择。
This will clean the blade, stave off rusting, and add weeks of shaving life.
这将会清洁刀片、防止生锈，延长几周使用寿命。
After receiving more than $180 billion in emergency federal assistance to stave off collapse, AIG recently gave top employees bonuses totaling $165 million - even as the company reported the biggest quarterly loss in U.S.corporate history.
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The period devoted to outdoor activities, which are thought to help stave off shortsightedness?
In reaction, they are building their proprietary trading capabilities to stave off the exodus of talent.
Second, we need to pull our energy and resources to stave off the climate catastrophe.