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

• 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。
• 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。
• He wrenched the fowl's head off.
  他拧下了鸟头。
• 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！
• Under a lightless lorry, cutting his head off.
  在没打灯的卡车下，截断了头颅。
• 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！
• Yesterday you wanted to bite my head off.
  那昨天你就不会要咬下我的头。
• She cut the fish's head off and gutted it.
  她把鱼头切下并取出了内脏。
• I understand! You don't have to chew my head off!
  我明白！你不必对我大喊大叫！
• Go chop her head off or something.
  快去砍了她的脑袋，会不会。