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单词 fend someone off
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fendsomeoneoff

phrasal verbwithfendverb
uk
/fend/us
/fend/
topushorsendaway anattackeror otherunwantedperson:
Hemanagedto fend off hisattackerswith astick.
Shespenttheentireeveningfending offunwantedadmirers.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Responding to an attack
  • beat
  • beatsomeoneoff
  • beatsomeone/somethingback
  • capitulate
  • counter-assault
  • counterattack
  • countercharge
  • fight
  • fight back
  • hold
  • parry
  • pull back
  • repel
  • repulse
  • resist
  • retreat
  • seesomeoneoff
  • stand
  • strike
  • withdrawal
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fendsomethingoff

phrasal verbwithfendverb
uk
/fend/us
/fend/
toavoiddealingwith something that isunpleasantordifficult:
Somehow shemanagedto fend off theawkwardquestions.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Neglecting and ignoring
  • beneath the/someone'sradaridiom
  • blocksomethingout
  • brushsomeone/somethingoff
  • bury/haveyourhead in the sandidiom
  • bypass
  • crack
  • ear
  • lay
  • let sleeping dogs lieidiom
  • letsomethinggo/passidiom
  • letsomethingrideidiom
  • look straight/right throughsomeoneidiom
  • lose the dressing roomidiom
  • nose
  • setsomethingaside
  • shut
  • shutsomeone/somethingout
  • shutyoureyes tosomethingidiom
  • silent
  • the silent treatmentidiom
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(Definition offend someone offfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

fend off someone/something| American Dictionary

fend offsomeone/something

phrasal verbwithfendverb
us/fend/
todefendyourselfsuccessfullyagainst anattack,criticism, or some otherunwantedthing:
He’s aninternationalcelebritywith astafftohelpfend offreporters.
TheSocialDemocratgovernmentfended off achallengeby theoppositiontowinre-election.
(Definition offend off someone/somethingfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

fend sb/sth off| Business English

fend sb/sth off

phrasal verbwithfendverb
uk
/fend/us
toavoiddealingwith something that isunpleasantordifficult:
Thepublisherofferedshareholdersaspecialdividendtotrytofend off ahostiletakeoverbidfrom acompetitor.
(Definition offend sb/sth offfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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