| 单词 | at bay |
| 释义 | at bay : in the position of being unable to move closer while attacking or trying to approach someone无法近身— used with keep or hold与keep或hold连用 The soldiers kept the attackers at bay. [=they did not allow the attackers to come closer]士兵们使进攻者无法靠近。 Armed with a gun, he held the police at bay [=he did not allow the police to arrest him] for 10 hours.由于有枪，他与警方僵持了10个小时。 — often used figuratively常用作比喻 Although the doctors had been able to keep her illness at bay [=to prevent her illness from becoming worse] for a few months, the disease soon began to spread again.尽管医生将她的病情控制住了几个月，可疾病不久又开始扩散了。 bay |
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