You can also ward off something or stave off something.

你也可以避开或者延缓某事。

And so you get good about using the technology to figure out how to stave off that boredom.

所以当使用这些高科技来打发无聊的时候，我就会感觉好多了。

Senate Republicans have successfully staved off a call for witnesses at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.

参议院共和党已成功延缓传唤证人出席特朗普的弹劾闪盘。

I knew that helped stave off depressive episodes.

我知道这会帮助我摆脱抑郁。

Coffee might stave off cognitive decline.

啡可以避免认知能力下降。

And there are ways to try to stave them off.

有很多方法可以避免这些噩梦。

Stir thyself, Starbuck! — stave it off—move, move! speak aloud!

振作起来，斯塔巴克！—摆脱它—行动，行动！大声吧！

The expression we're going to look at is 'stave off'.

我们要学的语是“stave off”。

He had almost finished whittling the stave into shape, when he realized with a start that he was singing-singing!

他差不多把根棍子削成了弓体，忽然意识到自己起来了，吃了一惊。！

Tea, apples, and berries could stave off age-related memory loss, study suggests.

研究表明，茶、苹果和浆果可以延缓与年龄有关的记忆力丧失。

And we certainly don't want to ward or stave you off!

而且我们当然也不想要躲开你。

He said this was necessary to stave off a catastrophic economic collapse.

他表示，这对于避免阿富汗出现灾难性的经济崩溃是必要的。

Then, the world needed to produce much more rice to stave off famine.

当时，世界需要生产更多的大米来避免饥荒。

It calls for an independent monitor and it staves off a federal takeover.

它要求一个独立的监管者，避免了联邦政府的接管。

I don't imagine you're worried that these gentlemen will stave in walls that shells from your frigate couldn't breach?

我想，这些钢铁墙壁，就是林肯号战舰的炮弹都不能伤损的，你现在不害怕那些土人先生们会冲进来了吧？

Broadly speaking, the genes less active in the lonely were those involved in staving off viral infections.

一般来说，孤独的人体内活力较低的基因是那些帮助人们避开病毒感染的基因。

Some executives want to meet Mr. Trump to try to stave off the tariffs.

一些高管想与特朗普会面，试图阻止关税壁垒的实施。

They would dry it into a chaw and chew it to stave off hunger.

他们会把它晾干，做成咀嚼物，并且咀嚼它，用来充饥。

Or was this another trick to stave off another access of loathing and shame?

还是说这是又一个骗局——企图避开另一条通往厌恶和羞耻之路的骗局？

Staving off relapses meant flying to North Carolina every three weeks to receive chemotherapy treatments.

为了避免复发，他需要每三周飞往北卡罗来纳州接受化疗。