Patents were filed more for strategic purposes, to be used as bargaining chips to ward off infringement suites or as a means to block competitors' products.
专利申请更多的是出于战略目的，被用作抵御侵权案件的讨价还价筹码，或者作为阻止竞争对手产品发展的手段。
We encouraged each other, joking to ward off loneliness and fear.
大家互相鼓励，开着玩笑以驱赶寂寞和胆怯。
But to ward against the external foes requires constant vigilance.
不过要战胜外在的敌人得要有持续不断的警惕。
They rely on Chinese medicine to ward off illness and manage chronic problems.
他们依赖中药来预防小病痛，并治疗慢性疾病。
For Asians, it seems, being young and thin isn't enough to ward off Type II diabetes.
研究发现，肥胖的亚洲人多胖在腹部，而这种总体看上去并不胖、只是腹部发胖的人，却最容易患II型糖尿病。
Garlic hung in Windows or chimneys was believed to ward off vampires and werewolves, too.
大蒜挂在窗户或烟囱上据说也可以吓跑吸血鬼和狼人。
Organic farms don't use the harmful pesticides and chemicals generally used to ward off pests.
有机农场一般不使用有害的农药和化学制品来抵御害虫。
Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan slashed rates to ward off an export decline, and stoke up more domestic demand.
同时，日本央行削减利率以避免出口下滑，并激发更多内需。
Those conditions made it easy for you to meet each other's emotional needs, and tended to ward off Love Busters.
这些基础条件决定了彼此能较容易地满足对方的情绪需要，抵御爱情克星。
The results support other studies highlighting how the brain can be tuned to ward off pain without the use of pills.
这一结果为其他一些强调在不用止痛药的情况下通过调控大脑来止痛的研究提供了支持。
The results support other studies highlighting how the brain can be tuned to ward off pain without the use of pills。
这一结果为其他一些强调在不用止痛药的情况下通过调控大脑来止痛的研究提供了支持。
Lots of makeup claims to have sunscreens that block harmful rays, but it's probably not enough to ward off skin damage.
很多化妆品都声称有防晒成分阻挡有害射线，但实际上它们远远不够用来防止皮肤损伤。
They do have tools to try to ward off deflation, and should use them. However, they may not be able to live up to expectations.
他们有工具试图抵御通缩，也确实应该使用它们。
A year ago they tore up the rule book to bail out Greece and to ward off market attacks on other fiscal reprobates in the euro area.
一年前，他们违反了规则对希腊进行纾困，以避免其它有债务问题的欧盟国家也受到市场冲击。
At midnight a colorful fireworks display is orchestrated by the main families of the villages in order to ward off evil spirits.
午夜时分，由村里的大户为了避邪精心安排了丰富多彩的烟花表演。
It concluded that maintaining a healthy weight and cutting down on smoking and drinking are far better ways to ward off the disease.
这项研究表明，保持合理的体重，少吸烟喝酒更有助于让人体远离疾病。
Their elaborate designs and hues are deliberately ostentatious to ward off potential predators, a tactic called aposematic coloration.
它们身上复杂的纹路与多彩的色调意在抵御潜在的敌人，这种策略称为警戒色。
Women who take a daily multivitamin pill to ward off illness may actually be increasing their risk of breast cancer, according to a study.
研究指出，那些为了预防疾病每天服用复合维生素的女性患乳腺癌的风险反而可能更高。
For centuries, people who live in the high Andes have chewed coca leaves, whose alkaloids act as a mild stimulant and help to ward off cold and hunger.
几百年来，居住在安地斯高山上的居民喜爱嚼食古柯叶，其中的生物碱成分是一种温和的兴奋剂，有助于抵抗寒冷和饥饿。
Mr Phillipson's book includes a pen-and-ink caricature of Smith trapped in a bubble of contemplation, holding a nosegay to ward off Edinburgh's stench.
菲利普森先生的这本书附有一幅钢笔漫画。画中斯密陷入一阵沉思，手握花束遮掩爱丁堡的臭气。
Trendy in recent years, the lacework decorations are part of a 5, 000-year-old tradition of creating designs to ward off evil or declare one's happiness.
这种装饰近几年很流行，这些图案却已经有了5000年的传统，其含义是抵挡不幸或者表明一个人的幸福。
On a scorching afternoon, family gathered in the living room to play with Mehek, now five months old, sporting a small dot on her eyebrow to ward off evil spirits.
在一个炎热的午后，全家人聚在起居室里和五个月大的美哈克玩耍。 他们在她眉间点上了吉祥的圆点，以求消灾避邪。
It is well known that lack of sleep and disturbed sleep patterns causes obesity as they affect the body's natural metabolism and also encourage snacking to ward of tiredness.
众所周知，睡眠不足和睡眠形态紊乱会导致肥胖，因为它们影响了身体自然的新陈代谢，并使得人们多吃零食以驱赶疲劳。
New research presented at the American Association for cancer research conference shows that coffee could help to ward off basal cell carcinoma, the most common cancer in the world.
在美国癌症研究协会会议上的一项新研究显示，咖啡能够防治基底细胞癌，这是全球范围内最普遍的一种癌症。
Exercise in general, and running in particular, helps to ward off disability in old age and may even extend life, according to a study that has taken more than 20 years to complete.
一项耗时20多年才完成的研究显示，总体而言运动，尤其是跑步，有助于防止老年能力丧失，甚至可能延长寿命。
Alan Swinson, a builder living in North Las Vegas, says he has struggled to keep up with his mortgage in the past and is now determined to scrimp and save all he can to ward off future calamities.
艾伦·斯温森，在北拉斯维加斯的一个建设工，说他此前一直在努力偿还他的按揭，现在则决定尽可能的厉行节约来抵御未来的灾难。
Alan Swinson, a builder living in North Las Vegas, says he has struggled to keep up with his mortgage in the past and is now determined to scrimp and save all he can to ward off future calamities.
艾伦·斯温森，在北拉斯维加斯的一个建设工，说他此前一直在努力偿还他的按揭，现在则决定尽可能的厉行节约来抵御未来的灾难。
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