staved

例句:

• For days, people have staved off hunger by eating coconuts.
  来自VOA
• I staved off jet lag with a bath and an early night.
  我洗了个澡又提前睡下,免除飞行时差的反应.
  
• The deckhouse has been staved in by the tremendous seas.
  甲板室已被巨浪打破.
  
• The boat staved in when It'struck the rocks.
  船触礁时撞破了.
  
• The initiatives he introduced staved off financial collapse.
  来自WSJ
• As if this inexcusable luxury should at least have staved off death.
  来自NEWYORKER