stavesth/sboff
—phrasal verbwithstaveverbuk/steɪv/us/steɪv/stavedorstove
tostopsomethingbadfromhappening, or tokeepanunwantedsituationorpersonaway, usuallytemporarily
（通常指暂时地）挡住，阻止，避开；延缓
We werehopingtostaveoff thesedifficultdecisionsuntilSeptember.我们希望将这些难以抉择的事搁到9月份。