stave off
中高级 (B2) neutral
To stop something bad from happening, at least for a while
"The government announced emergency measures to stave off a financial crisis."
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stave off a precipitous population
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able to stave off extinction.
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nuclear weapons could stave off disaster
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that probably will stave off problems.
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effort to stave off the effects that