1. But nor did the West offer Russia a Marshall Plan to stave off a catastrophic collapse in living standards. 但西方也没有向俄罗斯提供一个马歇尔救援计划来推迟其生活水平灾难性的崩溃。
2. WHILE the developed world tries to stave off a wave of sovereign debt defaults in Europe, the Brazilian economy is partying like it's 2008. 正当已开发国家试图赶走欧洲的主权债务拖欠风潮时，巴西经济仍如同2008年一样火红。
3. Carmakers flooded the market with unprofitable cars in the good times in an effort to stave off the closure of uneconomic factories. 汽车制造商在好的时代为了将没有效率的竞争者赶出市场，生产了大量的毫无利润可言的汽车。
4. This one managed to stave off mold for a year and this one's been around the country in this lady's purse for more than four years. 译者注还有这个一年也没有发霉的儿童“快乐套餐”。还有个汉堡，它四年前被遗忘在一位女士的提包里，四年里，这位女士曾带着这个提包在美国各处跑。
5. To stave off defeat, they held tens of thousands of civilians as human shields in their shrinking corner of northern Sri Lanka. 为了延迟自己的战败，他们在南斯里兰卡自己那日渐缩小的地盘上，携数万平民为人盾。
