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.

它帮助我调整免疫系统、御病原菌、甚至还会影响到我体重。

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，御经济衰退恐惧吗？

For another, Slack has rising competition to fend off.

另一方面，Slack还要御不断加剧竞争。

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

身体发起了御，释放出抗化合物以致身体里免疫过度反应。

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严格标准建造。

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

地球大气层很好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.

一天中短暂运动锻炼可以御久坐带来死气沉沉。

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计划，要御政治上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通货紧缩影响了。

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要御如此恶劣环境。

Sleeping better may help fight off illness.

好睡眠能够御疾病。

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

北约是1949年为了御苏联影响而成立。

The aim is to create a natural shield against desertification.

其目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，植物也是我御物种损失和气候变化第一道防线。

C) Act as the first defence against natural disasters.

C）作为御自然灾害第一道防线。