Studies have shown that music can buoy mood, fend off depression and improve sleep.

研究表明，音乐可以提振情绪，御抑郁，改善睡眠。

They calibrate our immune systems, ward off pathogenic bacteria, even affect our weight.

它们帮助我们调整免疫系统、御病原菌、甚至还会影响到我们的。

Builders erected these walls for protection from invasion by those from the north.

筑建长城是为了御北方少数民族的入侵。

And could it borrow those lessons to weather fears of a recession?

它能借鉴这些经验，御经济衰退的恐惧吗？

For another, Slack has rising competition to fend off.

另一方面，Slack还要御不断加剧的竞争。

Their bodies launched a counterattack, unleashing anti-inflammatory compounds to tamp down their bodies'immune overreaction.

他们的身发起了御，释放出抗炎症的化合物以致身里的免疫过度反应。

They also fend off infections by hostile bugs.

肠道细菌也能御有害菌引起的感染。

The highway was not built according to today's strict standards to resist earthquakes.

那条高速公路并不是按照当今御地震的严格标准建造的。

Our atmosphere guards Earth from most impacts, like a force field.

地球大气层很好的御了大多数袭击像一个力场。

Brief stints of movement and exercise throughout the day can fend off those sedentary blues.

一天中短暂的运动锻炼可以御久坐带来的死气沉沉。

For some of us, the problem lies with the insatiable addiction to chocolate.

对某些人来说，巧克力的诱惑无法御。

Even if Mr Romney could devise a workable plan, overcoming political resistance is another matter.

即便罗姆尼可以想出一个可行的计划，要御政治上的阻力又是另一回事了。

That's enough to fend off economy-harming deflation.

这些就足以御有害于经济的通货紧缩的影响了。

Seems that to beat the heat, it pays to be fleet.

看起来，为了御酷热，就得跑得快。

We humans weren't built to withstand a landscape as hostile as this.

上帝创造人类时并没有想到我们要御如此恶劣的境。

Sleeping better may help fight off illness.

好的睡眠能够御疾病。

NATO was formed in 1949 as a guard against the influence of the Soviet Union.

北约是1949年为了御苏联的影响而成立的。

The aim is to create a natural shield against desertification.

其目的是建立一个天然屏障来御沙漠化。

Plants are also, of course, our first defence against species loss and climate change.

当然，植物也是我们御物种损失和气候变化的第一道防线。

C) Act as the first defence against natural disasters.

C）作为御自然灾害的第一道防线。