Stave off
避开, 挡开, 延迟
🧩 词语组成解析
stave
[steiv]
n. 狭板;梯级;诗句;五线谱表;
vt. 延缓;在…上打洞;压扁;
vi. 破碎;穿孔;
off
[ɔ:f, ɔf]
prep. 从…落下;离开;从…去掉;下班;
adv. 离开;距，离;被取消;下班;
adj. 不新鲜的;不能接受;不礼貌;
n. 起跑;
v. 杀死;
🗣️ 情景例句
I kept out of their quarrel.
我不介入他们的争吵。
Experience teaches.
经验给人教训。
The guests had, of course, realized this from the moment Bessie opened the door for them and, long before the final catastrophe, had had a difficult time trying to conceal their amusement.
客人们自然从贝西为他们开门那一刻起就看出来了，在好长一段时间里，即最后这个乱子发生前，他们努力克制才没笑出声来。