fend off

na.挡开；避开(灾祸等)

na.1.挡开,架开;避开(灾祸等)

na.1.to defend yourself against an attack2.to protect yourself from a criticism or difficulty by ignoring it or not deapng directly with it

1.How much of its output should a society wish to devote to fending off once in 50 or 100-year crises?一个社会应拿出总产值的多少，来抵挡50年或100年一遇的危机？

2.In theory at least, RIM should have no problem fending off the interloper.至少在理论上，RIM应该能够抵挡住这个入侵者。

3.Unpke Mrs Lowden, he will not have to spend any of it fending off a primary challenger from his own party.与所不同的是，他将不会在面对来自党内的主要挑战上花费任何东西。

4.Brown rice, however, did not appear to be the most effective whole grain for fending off diabetes.然而，糙米并非全谷物中最能避免糖尿病的一类。

5.The Goldman team was formally dressed in suits and ties; its book of graphs was bulky enough to be an aid in fending off muggers.高盛团队身着正装领带，其厚重的图册足以助人击退劫匪。

6.And Madrid is not the only city accused of underhand tactics in fending off financial sanctions.马德里还不是唯一因采取欺骗手法来避开财政制裁而被指控的城市。

7.As soon as you feel that crazy sense of walking on eggshells, fending off narcissistic rage, stop.一旦你感到为了抵挡自恋者的愤怒而如履薄冰时，停下。

8.It is a sign of how strange the times are that the Federal Reserve is now fending off the opposite demand.然而迹象表明这个时代有多奇怪，美联储正努力避开政治家希望其不干预的要求。

9.Until now, Hamas has held the Islamist franchise in Gaza, fending off al-Qaida attempts to come on to its turf.直到现在，还是哈马斯把持着加沙地带的伊斯兰特权，基地组织一直被阻挡在外。

10.Since the Letizia scandal, Berlusconi has also been fending off accusations of cavorting with escorts who were paid to attend his parties.自从与莱蒂齐亚的丑闻曝光后，贝卢斯科尼还被指责与花钱雇来的派对女郎寻欢作乐，对此他也一直予以反驳。