美[stev] 1 . He is utterly ignorant of staff [ stave ] .
他對(duì) 五線譜 一竅不通.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2 . Many people switch on the television simply to stave off boredom over the Christmas break.
很多人打開電視僅僅是為了打發(fā)圣誕節(jié)休息期間的無聊時(shí)光而已。
來自柯林斯例句
3 . In a desperate attempt to stave off defeat, he reluctantly promised wholesale reform of the constitution.
為了竭力避免敗局，他勉強(qiáng)答應(yīng)要對(duì)憲法進(jìn)行大規(guī)模修改。
來自柯林斯例句
4 . But the reality of discovery was a different matter, and he did all he could to stave it off.
但所發(fā)現(xiàn)的實(shí)際情況完全是另一回事，所以他只好盡自己所能暫緩其發(fā)生。
來自柯林斯例句
5 . To stave off disaster we could look only to them.
要阻擋災(zāi)難來臨,我們只能指望他們了.
來自辭典例句
1.(music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written
2.one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket
3.a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
1.furnich with staves;
stave a ladder
2.burst or force (a hole) into something
