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单词 staving off
释义

stave off

verb

staved off; staving off; staves off

transitive verb

1
: to fend off
staving off creditors
2
: to ward off (something adverse) : forestall
trying to stave off disaster

Synonyms

  • beat off
  • fend (off)
  • rebut
  • repel
  • repulse
  • turn away
  • turn back
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Example Sentences

managed to stave off the invaders the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

staving off

verb

present participle of stave off
1
as in turning back
to drive back managed to stave off the invaders

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • turning back
  • turning away
  • beating off
  • repulsing
  • repelling
  • resisting
  • fending (off)
  • standing off
  • holding off
  • fighting
  • rebutting
  • withstanding
  • deflecting
  • opposing
  • warding (off)
  • defying
  • spurning
  • rebuffing
  • snubbing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • embracing
  • welcoming
  • hailing
2
as in preventing
to keep from happening by taking action in advance the quartermaster staved off a shortage by requisitioning more than enough supplies

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • preventing
  • averting
  • heading off
  • avoiding
  • precluding
  • obviating
  • providing
  • helping
  • forestalling
  • escaping
  • anticipating
  • interfering (with)
  • fending (off)
  • warding (off)
  • saving
  • shaking
  • evading
  • nullifying
  • neutralizing
  • thwarting
  • deterring
  • compensating (for)
  • impeding
  • hindering
  • making up (for)
  • hampering
  • retarding
  • deflecting
  • balking
  • frustrating
  • eluding
  • foiling
  • baffling
  • prohibiting
  • forbidding
  • offsetting
  • shunning
  • eschewing
  • negating
  • stalling
  • blocking
  • counteracting
  • checkmating
  • stopping
  • counterbalancing
  • checking
  • circumventing
  • dodging
  • ducking
  • inhibiting
  • stopping
  • barring
  • shirking
  • halting
  • arresting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • assisting
  • aiding
  • facilitating
  • abetting
  • promoting
  • advancing
  • easing
  • smoothing
  • encouraging
  • leaving
  • letting
  • forwarding
  • fostering
  • allowing
  • permitting
  • cultivating
  • nurturing
  • furthering
  • unclogging
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