1. 防治,避开：by virtue of 由于 | ward off 防治,避开 | warm up 变热
2. 防止,避免：shield:保护某人或某物(免遭危险、伤害或不快) | ward off:防止,避免 | seasonal flu:季节性流感
3. 避开：gown: 长袍 | ward off: 避开 | academic dress: 学士服
1. 避开，躲开，防止(危险、疾病等)
To ward off a danger or illness means to prevent it from affecting you or harming you.
e.g. She may have put up a fight to try to ward off her assailant...
她可能进行了顽强的反抗，试图击退袭击者。
e.g. Mass burials are now under way in an effort to ward off an outbreak of cholera.
为防止霍乱爆发正在进行大规模掩埋。