head off

基本解释

I wanted to bark at him and bite his head off.
我当时真想向他狂吠然后把他的头咬下来。
Somebody suggested that, rather than leave the drunk to the tribesmen, they should chop his head off and take that home.
有人提议，与其把这些酒留给那些部落成员，他们不如砍掉他的头，并把它带回家。
Without global targets and standards, all this may not be enough to head off climate change.
没有全球化的目标和标准，以上所有这些对于阻止气候变化来说可能都是不够的。

State Department Acting Spokesman Robert Wood says U.S.officials are in contact with regional allies and other concerned governments to try to "head off" the launch.
And the high priest loads all of the sins and impurities of the Israelites on the head of a goat, which then carries them off into the wilderness away from the sanctuary.
大祭司将所有的罪孽,和以色列人的不洁放在一头山羊的头上，山羊将这些罪孽和不洁带到远离圣所的荒野以外。
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Alums with Nobel prizes? Oh, I don't... I can't think of any like, off the top of my head.
获得诺贝尔奖的校友吗？这个……我一时还想不出来。
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More likely, irate shoppers will head off to another pharmacy that will take their insurance.
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