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

• A Comparative Research of Ancient and Modern Mechanism about Athletic Exercise Staving off Decrepitude
  运动延缓衰老的古今机理研究比较
• Research has shown that a diet high in whole grains helps in staving off2 diabetes in older men, even obese ones.
  研究已显示多吃全麦食物能帮助老人预防糖尿病，甚至对肥胖的老人也有用。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• We keep the back channels open in hopes of staving off disaster.
  打开秘密渠道，以免灾难发生。
• For several years the United States had been staving off the entry of Beijing into the un.
  好几年来，美国一直在阻止北京进入联合国。
• Governments, and particularly the US government, reacted on each occasion by pumping money into the financial system in the hope of staving off wider collapse, with some degree of success.
  在每个极端，各国政府（尤其是美国政府）的回应都是向金融体系注资，以期阻止更大范围的崩盘，它们在某种程度上获得了成功。
• That deal, aimed at staving off the need for compulsory redundancies, involves staff accepting a pay freeze on their hourly rate, a reduction in working hours, and enhanced pensions under a two-year deal.
  上述协议旨在暂时避开强制性裁员的需要，内容包括职员接受计时工资冻结不再涨薪、工时减少以及增加两年期合同中的养老金。