She put up her hands to ward him off.

她举起双手把他挡开。

《牛津词典》

He brought his arm up in a futile attempt to ward off the blow.

他出于挡住这一击的无谓企图抬起了他的胳膊。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Many people swear by vitamin C's ability to ward off colds.

很多人深信维生素C能预防感冒。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

The sad thing is that the majority of people that are killed by malaria are children because there immune system is not strong enough to ward off this infection."

VOA: special.2009.12.22

You blame yourself as a victim of trauma for not having the sufficient vigilance in your outer cortex to ward it off.

你会因为你的脑皮层,不能有效保护你不受创伤危害,而成为创伤受害者。

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The superfluous action suggests that there was something more at stake, perhaps, than Saint Ebba's attempt to ward off sexual assault.

过多的行动表明，有比,圣人Ebba试图保护自己不受侵犯更有风险的东西。

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Millwall needed a quick response but instead they found themselves further behind when Vagner's shot from the edge of the area deflected off Ward and over Stack into the net.

BBC: SPORT | Football | Europe | Ferencvaros 3-1 Millwall

Throughout the Chinese New Year holidays, fireworks and firecrackers are traditionally set off to ward off evil spirits when ushering in the new year.

BBC: China media: New Year haze

Others set off firecrackers to ward off evil spirits.

NPR: Earthquake Rocks China's Sichuan Province