stave造句

desperate attempts to stave off civil war
孤注一掷地避免内战的努力

In a desperate attempt to stave off defeat, he reluctantly promised wholesale reform of the constitution...
为了竭力避免败局，他勉强答应要对宪法进行大规模修改。

But the reality of discovery was a different matter, and he did all he could to stave it off.
但所发现的实际情况完全是另一回事，所以他只好尽自己所能暂缓其发生。

to stave off hunger/illness
暂时解饥/缓解病情

He thought of riding a camel to conserve his strength and stave off hunger.
想到这里,他想骑上骆驼,省些力气可以多挨一会儿饥饿.

You have had to write checks to stave off the ever - insistent claims of your creditors.
你必须很快地据此而开出支票来偿付你的没完没了的欠债.

He is utterly ignorant of staff [ stave ] .
他对 五线谱 一窍不通.

I went on desperately reading to her - reading my own poems - anybody's poems - to stave off conversation.
我先是拼命地念诗给她听 -- 念我自己的诗 -- 还念别人的诗 -- 避免谈话.

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