
stave something off: to prevent something bad from affecting you for a period of time; to delay somebody/something 暫時(shí)擋住,避開(kāi)(某人);延緩,推遲(某事物)
to stave off hunger/illness/inflation/bankruptcy 暫時(shí)解饑;暫時(shí)緩解病情;延緩?fù)ㄘ浥蛎?暫時(shí)避免破產(chǎn)
The company managed to stave off bankruptcy for another few months. 公司想方設(shè)法又堅(jiān)持了幾個(gè)月而未破產(chǎn).