ward off
US /wɔrd ɔf/
・UK /wɔ:d ɔf/
A2 初級
phr. v.片語動詞避開
He used a shield to ward off the blows.
影片字幕
為什麼我們要花很長時間才能瞭解自己有多糟糕？ (Why It Can Take Us So Long to Understand How Unwell We Are)
- Notice any new human in a terrible circumstance, let's say in a home with a violent or alcoholic parent or an abusive or depressed one, and it won't, as one might imagine it could, be able to focus clearly on what's gone wrong or mourn its condition. It will simply, as we've ascertained it must, keep going. In order to do this, it will call upon a range of innate survival techniques. It may start to think surprisingly well of its parents, declaring them justified in their beatings, selfishness or humiliations. It might assiduously blame itself rather than sparing any pity for its own deprivations. Let's remember that a sense of self-compassion can be a very dangerous thing indeed when one is five years old and no one would listen even if one yelled. Or else it will ward off despair through activity, it will overachieve at school or break windows or become obsessed with drugs or sport or politics – anything not to have to listen to the buzz inside. The benighted child can't look back, it can't glance down, it must simply stare ahead at the main goal – survival.
注意到任何一個處於可怕環境中的新人類，比方說，在一個父母暴力、酗酒、虐待或抑鬱的家庭中，它不會像人們想象的那樣，能夠清楚地關注出了什麼問題或哀悼自己的狀況。它只會像我們已經確定的那樣，繼續生活下去。為了做到這一點，它將調用一系列與生俱來的生存技巧。它可能會開始對父母有驚人的好感，認為他們的毆打、自私或羞辱是理所應當的。它可能會不遺餘力地責怪自己，而不是對自己的匱乏表示同情。讓我們記住，當一個人只有五歲，即使大喊大叫也沒人聽的時候，自我同情的意識確實是一件非常危險的事情。否則，他就會通過活動來抵禦絕望，他就
- Or else it will ward off despair through activity—it will overachieve at school, or break windows, or become obsessed with drugs, or sport, or politics—anything not to have to listen to the buzz inside.
Pride and Prejudice 第四章節 | 簡·奧斯汀有聲書 (41-50章) 📚🗣️ (Part 4 - Pride and Prejudice Audiobook by Jane Austen (Chs 41-50))
- from the ignorance and emptiness of her mind wholly unable to ward off any portion of that universal contempt which her rage for admiration will excite.
愛慕者？
- from the ignorance and emptiness of her mind wholly unable to ward off any portion of that universal contempt which her rage for admiration will excite.
愛慕者？
9招讀書技巧大公開！告別NG讀書法！ (9 BEST Study Strategies Ranked | Stop Studying Wrong)
- When you're strategically shifting between topics, you can ward off burnout and boredom through novel stimuli.
當你策略性地在不同主題間切換時，新鮮的刺激可以幫助你避免倦怠和無聊。
- When you're strategically shifting between topics, you can ward off burnout and boredom through novel stimuli.
如果你在單一主題上花費的時間太少或太多，都可能會有反效果。
為了逃避愛，我們能有多拼命？！ (The Lengths We Go To Avoid Love)
- The real worry is that they might. To ward off such an eventuality, we keep finding flaws.
真正令人擔憂的是他們可能會這樣做。為了避免這種可能發生的情況，我們一直在尋找缺陷。
- To ward off such an eventuality, we keep finding flaws—we will point out that this one is often late, that one doesn't exercise enough, that one doesn't speak any foreign languages,
愛真的是毒品嗎？｜愛與心碎對我的身體有何影響｜國家地理頻道 (Is Love Really A Drug? | What Does Love & Heartbreak Do To My Body | National Geographic)
- A good bear hug from mama can release the dopamine we were jonesing for and ward off the stress hormones plaguing us.
媽媽的一個熊抱可以釋放我們渴望的多巴胺，抵禦困擾我們的壓力荷爾蒙。
- A good bear hug from Mama can release the dopamine we were Jonesing for and ward off the stress hormones plaguing us.
只要每天走一走，哪怕是傻傻的、小小的，也能緩解抑鬱和悲傷。