He managed to ward off the blow.

他设法避过了那一击。

But the door opened, and Dumbledore came sweeping up the ward.

可就在这时，门开了，邓布多敏捷地走进病房。

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、抵御病原菌、甚至还会影响到我们的体重。

Fudge came striding up the ward.

福吉大步走进病房。

We do not have to ward off the western festivals as if they were threats.

我们不用躲避西方节日。

They celebrated it to ward off their fears.

人们以此来打消心中的恐惧。

But most studies have shown that, onaverage, exercise may actually help ward off migraines.

但绝大多数研究显示，一般而言，运动可能实际上能帮你远离偏头痛。

I just saw this article, psychologists have found that going to sleep early may help ward off mental illness.

我看到一篇文章 心理学家发现 早睡或能防御精神疾病。

There was a low moan from the other end of the ward.

病房那头传来低低的呻吟声。

I have worked in the surgical ward.

我在外科病房工作过。

What's with the spitting? Are you warding off death?

你吐口水干嘛 驱赶阎王爷吗？

Fudge came striding up the ward. Professors McGonagall and Snape were at his heels.

福吉大步走进病房。麦格教授和斯内普紧跟在后面。

A scheme of which every part promises delight, can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence of some little peculiar vexation.

十全十美的计划总不会成功；只有稍许带着几分苦恼，才可以大体上防止得了失望。”

Vernon Dursley hunched his shoulders angrily, and Harry guessed that his uncle was attempting to ward off recollections of the unannounced visit, a few days into Harry's summer holidays, of two fully grown wizards.

弗农气冲冲的耸起肩膀，猜他夫一定是在试图摆脱关于那些不速之客的记忆，在放暑假的那几天，两个成年巫师。

STEVEN ROSENBERG: And I was working in the emergency ward, taking care of people who were coming in, and this patient came in with right upper quadrant pain.

我当时在急诊室工作，照顾那些来急诊的病人，有一位病人来的时候伴有右上腹疼痛。

These products and services are often advertised as having various benefits, from reuniting couples to bringing fortune and warding off illness.

这些产品和服务通常被宣传为具有各种好处，从修复夫妻关系到招财辟病。

They're really warding off the evil spirits, which is the intention of the dance, to get rid of all the evil things that have happened in the year before and to welcome boldly the new year.

他们会驱鬼避邪，那就是跳舞的目的，来摆脱所有去年发生的坏事然后迎接新的一年。

So we are building medical parts, a medical ward system, all out of local trash.

所以我们用当地的垃圾建造医疗部件——一个医疗病房系统。

We must go further, because if this august body cannot prevent sexual violence in ward then it must at least punish it.

我们必须走的更远，如果一个有尊严的身躯无法保护自己免受性侵害，那么对于这种行为至少应该受到惩罚。

You can also ward off something or stave off something.

你也可以避开或者延缓某事。