staving

英 [ˈsteɪvɪŋ]

美 [ˈsteɪvɪŋ]

v.  延缓;压扁;在…上打洞; 破碎;穿孔
stave的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指用作武器的)棍，棒，杖
  Astaveis a strong stick, especially one that is used as a weapon.
  1. Many of the men had armed themselves with staves and pieces of iron.
     很多人用棍棒和铁器将自己武装起来。
• 五线谱
  Astaveis the five lines that music is written on.

in AM, use 美国英语用 staff

双语例句

• There is little downside in predicting disaster: if it does not materialise they can claim to have been instrumental in staving it off.
  预言灾难几乎毫无坏处：如果灾难没有出现，他们可以声称预言对防止灾难起到了重要作用。
• Growth hormone also plays a role in fighting tissue breakdown, staving off stress fractures and improving metabolic function.
  生长激素在对抗阻止分解、应力断裂和提高新陈代谢功能中也发挥作用。
• In the name of staving off the invasion, a series of targeted restrictions and incentives were rolled out.
  以阻挡入侵的名义，一系列定向的限制和鼓励措施出台。
• Last week, central bankers from the eurozone and Japan voiced optimism that their policies of quantitative easing and currency depreciation would be successful in staving off outright deflation.
  就在上周，欧元区各国央行和日本央行曾乐观表示，量化宽松和货币贬值政策有可能帮助它们成功避免全面通缩。
• A more effective approach to staving off potential unrest in urban areas would be to increase investment, not in more hardware, but in human capital.
  阻止城市地区发生潜在骚乱的更有效方法将是增加投资&不是建设更多的硬件设施，而是投资于人力资本。
• 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。
• For the moment, however, European leaders are still concentrating on staving off the evil moment when this problem has to be confronted.
  但是现在，欧洲各国领导人仍在致力于延缓不得不直面问题的那一痛苦时刻的到来。
• Jane was so beautiful that she had difficulty staving off all the men who wanted to marry her.
  简太美了，很难抵挡向她求婚的所有男人。
• Aren't we supposed to be paying this kind of attention to our health, reducing risks, staving off illness and catching problems while they're still small?
  难道我们不应该通过年检来关注自己的健康，降低风险，避开疾病并且在疾病发病初期就发现问题吗？
• At the same time, the eff is often an ally of Google and Facebook when it comes to staving off liability to rights holders over user-generated infringing content, like pirated movies, photos, or music.
  然而与此同时，在用户生成的侵权内容方面（比如盗版电影、照片或音乐），电子前沿基金会的态度通常与谷歌和Facebook是一致的，都不赞成版权所有人向传播方追究连带责任。