| 单词 | fend off |
| 释义 | fend off (once / 5198 pages) v WORD FAMILY fend off: fended off, fending off, fends off USAGE EXAMPLESPerhaps most remarkably, the researchers also found a particular substance in the runners’ brains that fended off the action of these obstructionist molecules. New York Times(Jun 15, 2016) First the company fended off a buyout offer from Teva Pharmaceutical Industries. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) But she spent her last years in poverty, desperate to revive her screenwriting career and fending off eviction from her Benedict Canyon home. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) v prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening Syn|Hyper avert, avoid, debar, deflect, forefend, forfend, head off, obviate, stave off, ward off forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent keep from happening or arising; make impossible |
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