head off

phrasal verbphr v

a) LEAVE A PLACEto leave to go to another place 离开〔某地去别处〕

I’m heading off now.

我现在要走了。

b) head something ↔ offPREVENT to prevent something from happening, especially something bad 阻止某事，防止某事发生

The president intervened to head off the conflict.

总统出面调停以阻止冲突发生。

c) head somebody ↔ offSTOP MOVING to stop someone going somewhere by moving in front of them 〔在前面〕拦截某人，拦挡某人

Soldiers headed them off at the border.

士兵在边境将他们拦截住。

Examples from the Corpus

head off• We managed to head off a financial crisis last year, but we may not be so lucky this year.• They agreed to meet government ministers in an attempt to head off a major conflict.

→ head off at head2(2)

词汇	head off
释义	head off head off phrasal verbphr v a) LEAVE A PLACEto leave to go to another place 离开〔某地去别处〕 I’m heading off now. 我现在要走了。 b) head something ↔ offPREVENT to prevent something from happening, especially something bad 阻止某事，防止某事发生 The president intervened to head off the conflict. 总统出面调停以阻止冲突发生。 c) head somebody ↔ offSTOP MOVING to stop someone going somewhere by moving in front of them 〔在前面〕拦截某人，拦挡某人 Soldiers headed them off at the border. 士兵在边境将他们拦截住。 Examples from the Corpus head off• We managed to head off a financial crisis last year, but we may not be so lucky this year.• They agreed to meet government ministers in an attempt to head off a major conflict. → head off at head2(2)
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