动词抵挡; 避开，挡住; 架; 搪

1. 防治,避开：by virtue of 由于 | ward off 防治,避开 | warm up 变热

2. 防止,避免：shield:保护某人或某物(免遭危险、伤害或不快) | ward off:防止,避免 | seasonal flu:季节性流感

3. 避开：gown: 长袍 | ward off: 避开 | academic dress: 学士服

1. 避开，躲开，防止(危险、疾病等)
To ward off a danger or illness means to prevent it from affecting you or harming you.

e.g. She may have put up a fight to try to ward off her assailant...
她可能进行了顽强的反抗，试图击退袭击者。
e.g. Mass burials are now under way in an effort to ward off an outbreak of cholera.
为防止霍乱爆发正在进行大规模掩埋。

verb

1. avert, turn away, or repel

e.g. Ward off danger

2. prevent the occurrence of
prevent from happening

e.g. Let's avoid a confrontation
head off a confrontation
avert a strike

Synonym: debarforefendforfendobviatedeflectaverthead offstave offfend offavoid