ward off

基本解释

They do have tools to try to ward off deflation, and should use them.
他们确实拥有努力消除通货紧缩的手段，必须利用它们。
But you can help ward off heart disease – and many other health risks – through eating wisely and taking exercise while you are on board.
但是，如果保持正确的饮食习惯以及在船坚持锻炼，是可以脱离心脏病和其他疾病对健康的威胁的。
Though some genuinely wanted to make the system a bit fairer, most saw it as a good way to ward off any attempt at nationalisation by the new black government.
虽然有些人是真的希望使这个系统更公平，但是大多数人觉得这是一个很好地方式，可以应对新黑人政府民族化的企图。

The sad thing is that the majority of people that are killed by malaria are children because there immune system is not strong enough to ward off this infection."
The superfluous action suggests that there was something more at stake, perhaps, than Saint Ebba's attempt to ward off sexual assault.
过多的行动表明，有比,圣人Ebba试图保护自己不受侵犯更有风险的东西。
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You blame yourself as a victim of trauma for not having the sufficient vigilance in your outer cortex to ward it off.
你会因为你的脑皮层,不能有效保护你不受创伤危害,而成为创伤受害者。
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The idea is to ward off rapidly growing competitors Liberty Tax Service and Jackson Hewitt.
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To ward off a danger or illness means to prevent it from affecting you or harming you.