head off

英 [hed ɒf]

美 [hed ɔːf]

拦截; 拦住; 防止（尤指不愉快的事）发生

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 拦截;拦住
  If youhead offa 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.
  1. 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。
• PHRASAL VERB 阻止，防止（尤指不愉快的事）发生
  If youheadsomethingoff, especially something unpleasant, you take action before it is expected to happen in order to prevent it from happening.
  1. 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。
  2. You have to be good at spotting trouble on the way and heading it off.
     你必须善于发现潜在的麻烦并加以化解。

英英释义

verb

• prevent the occurrence of
  1. Let's avoid a confrontation
  2. head off a confrontation
  3. avert a strike
  Synonym:debarforefendforfendobviatedeflectavertstave offfend offavoidward off

双语例句

• 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。
• Yesterday you wanted to bite my head off.
  那昨天你就不会要咬下我的头。
• 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。
• This will have the effect of pulling your upper torso and head off the floor.
  这将有助于拉你的躯干上部和头离开地板。
• He carried on telling a joke, laughing his head off.
  他继续讲笑话，自己笑得前仰后合。
• 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。
• 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。
• You're screaming my head off!
  你快把我的头都叫炸开了！
• Take your head off my shoulder, son.
  把你的脑袋从我的肩膀上拿开，孩子。
• 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。