at bay
美 
英
- un.吠叫；倒霉；无路可走；不知所措
- 网络走投无路；陷入绝境；处于绝境
英汉解释
例句
For most animals, sex is not only a way of producing the next generation, but a means of keeping enemies at bay.
对于大多数的动物，性不仅仅是一种繁衍后代的方式，也是抵挡竞争对手的方法。
So far, the early return seems to have kept the holiday blues at bay.
到为止，早返校的学生们似乎都摆脱了假日忧伤的烦恼。
In a very short time, the world has gone from trying to hold malaria at bay, to aiming for its eradication.
在非常短的时间内，世界已经从试图遏制走向最终根除的目标。
He is beginning to understand that his best hope for keeping these intrusions at bay is to slowly tame the beast that stalks him the media.
他开始懂得要想抵挡住这些侵扰，最好的办法是慢慢驯服媒体这头紧逼不放的野兽。
just trying to make conversation. . . just trying to keep the loneliness at bay. . . you know?
只是想使谈话保持在海湾的寂寞…你知道吗？
Like an animal at bay, the bandit chieftain laid about him in desperation.
土匪头子困兽犹斗，在绝望中向四面八方乱打一气。
He had known that the moment must come sooner or later, but he had somewhat imagined that by force of willing he might hold it at bay.
他早知道这一刻迟早会来，但不知为什么，他却想凭借意志的力量阻止它。
Usually the men returned when they saw that hunger at home would be held at bay for a few months longer.
他们只要家里还能有一顿没一顿地再挨上几个月，也就会勉强回去。
It's a vision of a more isolated America, trying to keep the world's problems at bay.
这样的美国至国际问题于不顾，似乎有点离群索居。
A glass of red wine a day could keep tumors at bay, according to a study of men with lung cancer.
一项对男子肺癌研究的报告表明：每天红酒一杯可以防癌。
Disruptive and dissenting elements had to be kept at bay for the maintenance of peace and solidarity among the community of monks.
破坏性和不同的因素都必须成为维持和平和僧人的团结的港湾。
He doesn't just want to meet you at church, or to be kept at bay on the outer edges of your life.
祂不愿意只在教会里与你相遇，或待在你生活的边缘角落里；
Some people never seem to get sick. What are they doing that the rest of us aren't to keep illness at bay?
当我们不能把生病拒之门外时，（超级健康的）他们在做些什么呢？
If you think the cell phone explosion of recent years has somehow been kept at bay by prison walls, you would be greatly mistaken.
如果你认为监狱围墙把最近几年快速发展的手机阻挡在了外面，那么你就大错特错了。
madame defarge looked at her scornfully , but still with something of miss prosss own perception that they two were at bay.
德伐日太太轻蔑地望着她，她的感觉跟普洛丝小姐却也差不多她俩可算是狭路相逢了。
We are also monitoring the dark's many secret terror-weapons as it is pivotal that these horrendous devices be kept at bay.
我们同样在监视著对方许多的秘密武器，让它们老实别动是非常必要的。
Evil cannot be defeated overnight, but constant vigilance can keep it at bay, unable to harm us here at home.
罪恶不会在一夜间被打败，但是高度警惕可以将他们控制住，使他们没办法在我们国家伤害到我们。
Strategists are hopeful that even a negative vote might be enough to keep the European judges at bay.
战略家希望即使投票不通过也可以使欧盟法官满意。
Each girl shared a small plot with two or three others, where they grew vegetables and flowers, and kept the weeds at bay.
每三四个女孩分一小块地，负责种蔬菜、栽花和除草。
Until Wednesday, it had focused on distributing pepper spray and fork-like tools to keep potential assailants at bay.
就在上周三之前，政府部署的防范措施还主要是分发胡椒喷雾器和警用钢叉，以制服可疑袭击者。
Each girl shared a small plot with two or three others, where they grew vegetables and flowers, and kept the weeds at bay.
每三四个女孩分一小块地，负责种蔬菜、栽花和除草。
Until now, the only body to have kept Mr Orban at bay was the central bank.
目前为止，使Orban先生处于困境的唯一机构是中央银行。
But they particularly hurt investors that levered up in the good times and now have to keep creditors at bay.
但受创伤最大的是那些在经济景气时期大举杠杆化的投资者，现在他们不得不躲着他们的债权人。
For a while, Mr Rodenstock was able to keep the doubters at bay.
一度，罗德斯多克先生能止住怀疑者的嘴。
The long picturesque Zig-Zag Bridge keeps evil spirits at bay. As everyone knows, evil spirits travel only in a straight line.
众所周知，鬼怪只会沿着直线行走，这样弯弯曲曲的长桥就将他们挡在岸边。
But right now there seems to be little anyone can do to keep the clones at bay.
然而，在现阶段要想阻止生育克隆，似乎任何人对此都几乎无能为力。
This often precludes a friendship close enough to help hold loneliness at bay.
这往往也妨碍男人结成足够亲密的友谊，来帮助他们排除孤独。
Their skin is weathered and tanned, as if they have fossilised themselves in ozone to keep death at bay.
他们的皮肤饱经风霜被晒得黧黑，好像他们在臭氧中变成化石并在海湾边防止死亡。
Fortunately, other Greek soldiers dropped down beside him and helped keep the enemy at bay.
幸运的是，其他希腊士兵也与他一起掉了下去，帮助他们让敌人走投无路。
Although its winters make it one of the coldest U. S. cities, the low temperatures keep ozone at bay.
尽管这样使它冬天成为美国最冷的城市，但是低温也预防臭氧的危害。
If inflation remains at bay, the Fed will have to focus on the other part of its dual mandate: maintaining full employment.
如果通货膨胀不是问题，美联储将必须专注于双重职责中的另一个：保持充分就业。
The Taliban insurgency in the south is not about to go away, but Afghanistan's army can probably keep it at bay.
南部的塔利班叛乱不会很快消失，但阿富汗军队或许能够困住他们。
a stag at bay; she had me cornered between the porch and her car; like a trapped animal.
被逼至绝境的牡鹿；她把我逼在走廊和她的汽车之间；像走投无路的动物。
I am not saying exercise has beaten my depression, or that I have found a magical cure but running helps me keep it at bay .
跑步虽没有把低落抑郁情绪一扫而光，也不是治抑郁症的灵丹妙药，但它让我心情好了很多。
There may be a way to help keep that gastrointestinal (GI) distress at bay- by breastfeeding.
而母乳喂养有可能是个可以让消化道疾病（GI）无法产生的方法。
The greed, hatred, and general discord are no longer able to keep the worlds population at bay.
贪婪，憎恨，以及普通性的反面谐因素不再能够继续的节制世界的人口。
Thus, a hiding, but such a solution, not at bay intolerable, she yell for help.
就这样，一追一躲，可这样毕竟不是办法，终于月桂无法忍受了，她大喊救命。
I run a large company facing recession; I am trying to reorganize our business and keep shareholders at bay .
我管理着一家面临衰退的大公司；我正试图整顿业务，好让股东安心。
Not looking at the videos kept reality at bay, because the images of the coastline do not match the Japan that I know.
我不愿看这些把我拉回残酷现实的视频，因为那些海岸线的图片与我记忆中的日本毫不吻合。
The Mississippi will not be able to keep the oil at bay indefinitely, however.
然而，密西西比河并不能无限期地把原油阻挡在海湾外。
Yet the attackers are momentarily held at bay when Miller, in a moment of moral courage finds a way to stop their assault.
米勒鼓足勇气站出来阻止了日本士兵的暴行，但这也这是暂时的安全。
