head off

美 [hed ɔːf]英 [hed ɒf]
  • 拦截;拦住;防止(尤指不愉快的事)发生
head offhead off

head off

频次

  • 1
    PHRASAL VERB 拦截;拦住
    If you head off a person, animal, or vehicle, you move to a place in front of them in order to capture them or make them change the direction they are moving in.

    He changed direction swiftly, turned into the hallway and headed her off.

    他迅速改变方向,拐进走廊截住了她。

  • 2
    PHRASAL VERB 阻止,防止(尤指不愉快的事)发生
    If you head something off, especially something unpleasant, you take action before it is expected to happen in order to prevent it from happening.

    He would ask Congress to intervene and head off a strike...

    他将要求国会进行干预,防止发生罢工。

verb

1
prevent the occurrence of;prevent from happening
Let's avoid a confrontation
head off a confrontation
avert a strike
Synonym: debar forefend forfend obviate deflect avert stave off fend off avoid ward off

数据来源:WordNet

  1. Head Off of the Messages Transferred to VB Window by Windows

    拦截Windows传递给VB窗口的消息

  2. We started running and shouting , trying to head off the goats .

    我们于是边跑边叫,想拦住那些山羊。

  3. He would ask Congress to intervene and head off a strike

    他将要求国会进行干预,防止发生罢工。

  4. He carried on telling a joke , laughing his head off .

    他继续讲笑话,自己笑得前仰后合。

  5. They dragged him to the village square and chopped his head off .

    他们将他拖到村里的广场上,把他的头砍了下来。

  6. Whenever possible , suggest she talks about it but be aware she may bite your head off for your trouble .

    找机会建议她谈谈这事儿,但是小心她可能会因为你多事儿而大发雷霆。

  7. The stink nearly blew my head off .

    那臭味都快把我熏死了。

  8. Will you boys stop yelling your head off just outside my window !

    你们这些男孩不要在我窗外高声喊叫好不好!

  9. She cut the fish 's head off and gutted it .

    她把鱼头切下并取出了内脏。

  10. If you don 't take back what you said about me , I 'm going to knock your head off .

    要是不把说你的话收回,我就要狠狠揍你。

  11. I 'll chop your head off if you dare to make any tricks !

    你要是敢耍花招,我叫你人头落地!

  12. You will have to speak to both groups of men quickly if you want to head off a nasty disagreement .

    如果你想避免一场令人讨厌的争执,就必须跟两方的人谈一谈。

  13. If I were president obama , I 'd be doing all I could to head off this prospect , offering some major new initiatives on the economic front in particular , if only to shake up the political dynamic .

    假如我是奥巴马总统,我会全力以赴避免出现这种局面,特别是在经济战线,我会提出一些新的重大举措,如果仅仅打破这些政治动力。

  14. I laughed my head off when I heard of his discomfiture .

    听到别人说起他的狼狈相,我放声大笑

  15. You don 't have to bite my head off . I 'm just quoting Julia .

    你不需要冲我发火,我不过是在引用朱莉娅的话。

  16. She 's always laughing her head off when she 's with him . A scream is often an instinctive1 action , a strong psychological reaction to fear , pain , surprise , joy and anger .

    尖叫scream是人类受心理因素影响的本能反应。比如,在恐惧、疼痛、惊讶、高兴、生气时我们都可能会尖叫。

  17. They did this in order to head off the crisis .

    他们这样做以防止发生危机。

  18. One wrong move , I take your head off .

    动一下我就爆了你的头

  19. And there isn 't much the government can do to head off problems .

    而且,政府在应对相关问题上没有太多的回旋余地。

  20. You would run around like a chicken with its head off .

    你会像只没头苍蝇似的跑来跑去。

  21. Now get going before I blow your head off .

    赶快给我走,不然我打掉你的脑袋。

  22. Now let 's head off for the city and the university club .

    现在咱们就进城去校友俱乐部。

  23. I 've been working my head off to get this book finished !

    我为完成这本书一直在拼命地干!

  24. Order something or I 'll blow your head off !

    再不叫,我一枪打爆你的头!

  25. I can 't believe you cut his head off .

    我不敢相信你砍了他的脑袋。

  26. She would eat his head off whenever he came in late .

    每次他回来晚了,她总是狗血喷头地把他骂一顿。

  27. He still wanted to cut its head off .

    他还是想拧它脑袋。

  28. Don 't head off to small claims court on your own .

    不要埋头于那些小小的自我宣称。

  29. A $ 207 billion investment to head off future traffic jams

    投入2070亿美元扭转交通堵塞问题

  30. Do we expect them to head off to New York and london ?

    我们就指望他们都去纽约和伦敦吗?