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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• By taking incremental exercise to establish overtraining model, in order to provide the experimental evidences for Aralia elata staving and eliminating exercise-induced fatigue.
  通过慢性动物实验，建立过度训练模型，为辽东木忽木延缓或消除运动性疲劳的研究提供实验依据。
• Most adults gain one to two pounds a year over a lifetime, so staving off the holiday pound can go a long way.
  大多数成年人一生中，一年会增加一到两磅，所以避开在假期长肉将会对保持体重大有帮助。
• We keep the back channels open in hopes of staving off disaster.
  打开秘密渠道，以免灾难发生。
• Americans spend more than$ 1 billion a year on calcium supplements in hopes of staving off osteoporosis, the brittle bone disease that cripples many elderly women and some men.
  美国人一年花费逾10亿美元购买各类钙补充剂，期望能推迟骨质疏松症的发生。骨质疏松症是一种让骨头变脆的疾病，许多老年女性和部分男性都会因骨质疏松致残。
• 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。
• 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。