head off

基本解釋

I wanted to bark at him and bite his head off.
我當(dāng)時真想向他狂吠然后把他的頭咬下來。
Somebody suggested that, rather than leave the drunk to the tribesmen, they should chop his head off and take that home.
有人提議，與其把這些酒留給那些部落成員，他們不如砍掉他的頭，并把它帶回家。
Without global targets and standards, all this may not be enough to head off climate change.
沒有全球化的目標(biāo)和標(biāo)準(zhǔn) ，以上所有這些對于阻止氣候變化來說可能都是不夠的。

State Department Acting Spokesman Robert Wood says U.S.officials are in contact with regional allies and other concerned governments to try to "head off" the launch.
And the high priest loads all of the sins and impurities of the Israelites on the head of a goat, which then carries them off into the wilderness away from the sanctuary.
大祭司將所有的罪孽,和以色列人的不潔放在一頭山羊的頭上，山羊?qū)⑦@些罪孽和不潔帶到遠(yuǎn)離圣所的荒野以外。
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Alums with Nobel prizes? Oh, I don't... I can't think of any like, off the top of my head.
獲得諾貝爾獎的校友嗎？這個……我一時還想不出來。
知道約翰·納什嗎？ - SpeakingMax英語口語達(dá)人

More likely, irate shoppers will head off to another pharmacy that will take their insurance.
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