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词义:

释义

不使…迫近, 牵制;

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双语例句

用作不及物动词(vi.)

The soldiers tried to keep the attacking enemy in check until help came.
战士们设法牵制住敌人,等待援兵到来。

As a result, our Nation is hampered in its ability to gain the vital intelligence we need to keep the American people safe.
因此,我们国家需要关键的情报来保证国家和人民的安全,但我们获得这些情报的能力不足,而这也已经牵制住我们国家的正常发展了。

权威例句

How local companies keep multinationals at bay

How local companies keep multinationals at bay

Living sea walls keep floods at bay

A Laugh A Day: Can mirth keep disease at bay?

Small distances can keep bacteria at bay for days

Transition Countries in 2003: Reforms and Restructuring Keep the Global Economic Slowdown at Bay

P-TEN exciting years: from the cytosol to the nucleus and back to keep cancer at bay

Eat pineapple a day to keep depression at bay.

Keep at bay!--Abnormal personal space regulation as marker of paranoia in schizophrenia.

Ignoring the core can keep inflation at bay
同义词:hold at bay
造句:

1. I'm trying to keep my creditors at bay.

我在竭力避开债主。

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2. Monstrously inflated costs are designed to keep the hoi polloi at bay.

天价被设计用来让小老百姓们不敢问津。

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3. However, as good as these services are, there are simple steps we can take to keep them at bay.

然而,尽管这些服务很好,我们还是可以采取一些简单的步骤,和它们保持距离。

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4. As hackers turned up, layers of security, from antivirus programs to firewalls, were added to try to keep them at bay.

随着黑客的出现,从防病毒程序到防火墙的层层安全措施被添加进来,试图阻止他们。

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5. Their skin is weathered and tanned, as if they have fossilised themselves in ozone to keep death at bay.

他们的皮肤饱经风霜被晒得黧黑,好像他们在臭氧中变成化石并在海湾边防止死亡。

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6. Instead of panicking and popping pills to keep anxiety at bay, try and relax so that your mind is clear enough for you to assess all the available options.

要放松而不是一味的恐慌或者靠吃药来抑制焦虑。试着放松,这样你的思想才能足够清静来让你评估所有可用的选择。

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7. The human ability to control fire would have brought a semblance of day to night, helping our ancestors to see in an otherwise dark world and keep nocturnal predators at bay.

人类控制火种的能力,黑夜看上去和就白天差不多了,这有助于人类祖先在黑暗世界里也能看到并且捕获夜间食肉动物。

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8. Although its winters make it one of the coldest U.S. cities, the low temperatures keep ozone at bay.

尽管这样使它冬天成为美国最冷的城市,但是低温也预防臭氧的危害。

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9. Its library carpet is being replaced because of monsoon flooding; outside, an awning, held aloft by bamboo scaffolding, helps to keep the rain at bay.

图书馆里的地毯由于雨季的影响不得不重新更换;外面有一个竹子搭的雨棚,用来遮挡海边吹来的风雨。

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10. Whether it's through reading or writing or connecting or sharing; I do what it takes to focus and keep failure at bay.

不管是通过阅读、写作、联系,或者分享;我尽一切力量来集中精力,让失败远离。

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11. Couldn't I just line the perimeter of my yard with something to keep them at bay?

我不可以只用什么东西在我的院子周围画线来隔绝它们吗?

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12. To keep the insects at bay, Mr. Prasart has lined his paths with barrel-size water-filled porcelain jars and vases — some more than 500 years old.

为了防虫,P先生在道路的两侧摆上油桶大小的陶瓷罐子和瓶子---当中一些有500多年的历史, 里面盛满了水。

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13. In the markets, a few simple steps can help keep one's emotions at bay.

在市场上,几个简单的步骤就能帮助投资者控制自己的情绪。

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14. Fortunately, other Greek soldiers dropped down beside him and helped keep the enemy at bay.

幸运的是,其他希腊士兵也与他一起掉了下去,帮助他们让敌人走投无路。

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15. Today, cosmetics companies dance around truth-in-advertising laws to imply that their creams and lotions can keep the years at bay.

今天,化妆品公司打着公信广告法的擦边球让人们相信他们的霜和润肤露能够让时间倒流。

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16. Whether or not that claim was true, the institute secured a reputation as the place to dream up new ways to wage wars and keep enemies at bay.

不管那些话是真是假,那家研究院总算是守住了跟它那个提出作战与制敌新思路地位相符的名分。

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17. Hensley's barbs - fired at Jack, at CTU, even at Ryan Chappelle - seemed to be timed to divert attention from the psychological defenses Frank Hensley had erected to keep the world at bay.

弗兰克·汉斯莱对杰克、CTU乃至瑞安·查普利的冷嘲热讽似乎都经过精心算计,借以把他们的注意力从他保护自己计划的心理防线上转移开去。

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18. But that lock didn't just keep busybodies at bay.

但这个锁并不只是为了阻止多管闲事的人靠近。

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19. The same fatty acids also keep belly fat at bay.

这种脂肪酸同时还能使腹部苗条。

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20. State of Mind: Music can also be used to bring a more positive state of mind, helping to keep depression and anxiety at bay.

思维状态:音乐也可以抵御抑郁与焦虑的侵袭,使人保持一种更为积极地心理状态,预防了应激反应对身体造成的巨大伤害。

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21. Both seem somewhat nervous - he with his left arm crossing his body and fingers slightly rounded in a closed position - and her with her left hand elevated as if to keep harm at bay.

两个人看起来似乎都有些紧张——他将左手微微放到身体前方,手指轻轻地握紧——而她则将左手高高抬起,似乎在控制自己的情绪。

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22. Plant breeders have come up with remedies and strategies that could keep stem rust at bay.

育种学家们想出了补救措施和策略,可以阻止茎秆锈病蔓延。

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23. It is important that people who have dull jobs find outside interests to keep boredom at bay, rather than turn to drinking or smoking.

工作比较枯燥的人应该找些业余爱好来打发无聊,而不是去抽烟喝酒,这很重要。

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24. During his first week in Stanford Hospital, Maloney's kids wanted to keep visitors at bay.

在斯坦福医院的第一个星期,马宏升的孩子们希望控制探望者的人数。

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25. That would give Greece more time to fix its finances, might keep the ratings agencies at bay, and perhaps even satisfy the ECB.

这会给希腊在恢复财政状况上以喘息之机,并且可能使评级机构进退两难,甚至可能让欧洲中央银行(ecb)满意这一结果。

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26. To keep the bumps at bay, take a hot shower before shaving.

想要摆脱剃须肿块困扰的话,就在剃须之前先洗个热水澡。

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27. Even companies avoiding the acquisition trail have raised borrowing levels to buy back shares-if only to keep private equity groups at bay.

甚至那些躲过了并购的公司也已经提高了借入资本用来回购股份——要是那些私人股本集团不来找麻烦该多好。

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28. Even companies avoiding the acquisition trail have raised borrowing levels to buy back shares-if only to keep private equity groups at bay.

甚至那些躲过了并购的公司也已经提高了借入资本用来回购股份——要是那些私人股本集团不来找麻烦该多好。

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