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.- 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。
- Many of the men had armed themselves with staves and pieces of iron.
- 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
- But if it is not, she will face a difficult ongoing balancing act between defending the integrity of an institution she now runs and staving off immediate disaster in a continent she has just left.
否则，她就需要艰难而长期地维持一个平衡：一方面要捍卫她如今掌管的组织的廉正性，另一方面要为她刚刚离开的欧洲抵御迫在眉睫的灾难。 - More importantly for Mr Obama, he can now claim back home that he has led the global effort to tackle the global recession while staving off any attempt to pin the blame on the US.
对奥巴马来说更重要的是，现在他回国后可以宣称，自己在解决全球经济衰退的全球努力中发挥了领导作用，同时击退了任何将责任归咎于美国的企图。 - With political opposition to new loans to Greece growing in several northern eurozone countries and the European Central Bank adamantly against any restructuring of Greek debt, European leaders see the privatisation plan as the best hope of staving off insolvency.
在一些欧元区北方国家，反对为希腊提供新贷款的政治声浪日益高涨，而欧洲央行（ECB）坚决反对希腊重组债务。因此，欧洲领导人把私有化计划视作希腊避免破产的最大希望。 - 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。 - 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。 - We don't know how long the building work will last, but we'll be staving with friends for the duration.
我们不知道这项建筑工程要持续多久，但我们在施工期间将住在朋友家。 - 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。 - Some of the variants could have a role in staving off debilitating age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and cardiovascular disease.
一些变异有延缓与年龄有关的衰弱性疾病的作用，比如老年痴呆症和心血管疾病。 - 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。 - 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。