fending off

How much of its output should a society wish to devote to fending off once in 50 or 100-year crises?

一个社会应拿出总产值的多少，来抵挡50年或100年一遇的危机？

In theory at least, RIM should have no problem fending off the interloper.

至少在理论上，RIM应该能够抵挡住这个入侵者。

Unlike Mrs Lowden, he will not have to spend any of it fending off a primary challenger from his own party.

与所不同的是，他将不会在面对来自党内的主要挑战上花费任何东西。

Brown rice, however, did not appear to be the most effective whole grain for fending off diabetes.

然而，糙米并非全谷物中最能避免糖尿病的一类。

The Goldman team was formally dressed in suits and ties; its book of graphs was bulky enough to be an aid in fending off muggers.

高盛团队身着正装领带，其厚重的图册足以助人击退劫匪。

And Madrid is not the only city accused of underhand tactics in fending off financial sanctions.

马德里还不是唯一因采取欺骗手法来避开财政制裁而被指控的城市。

As soon as you feel that crazy sense of walking on eggshells, fending off narcissistic rage, stop.

一旦你感到为了抵挡自恋者的愤怒而如履薄冰时，停下。

It is a sign of how strange the times are that the Federal Reserve is now fending off the opposite demand.

然而迹象表明这个时代有多奇怪，美联储正努力避开政治家希望其不干预的要求。

Until now, Hamas has held the Islamist franchise in Gaza, fending off al-Qaida attempts to come on to its turf.

直到现在，还是哈马斯把持着加沙地带的伊斯兰特权，基地组织一直被阻挡在外。

Since the Letizia scandal, Berlusconi has also been fending off accusations of cavorting with escorts who were paid to attend his parties.

自从与莱蒂齐亚的丑闻曝光后，贝卢斯科尼还被指责与花钱雇来的派对女郎寻欢作乐，对此他也一直予以反驳。

Now you might ask, why is fending off inflation such a priority for China.

现在，你也许会问，为何抑制通货膨胀对中国如此重要？

Yet just two years ago, Ms Wu was fending off creditors and being pressed to sell her business at a fire sale price.

然而仅仅两年前，吴女士还在疲于应付逼迫她以跳楼价卖掉公司的债主们。

Also, testosterone can suppress the immune system so that you're less capable of fending off pathogens.

同时，睾丸激素还会抑制免疫系统，致使抵抗病原体的能力下降。

Government (and that meant self-government to these Greeks) brought order by fending off chaos.

所谓治理（对希腊人来说，指的是自我治理），就是通过对抗混乱而产生出秩序。

Its well-established Arabic service dominates the Middle East, easily fending off competition from state-backed Western rivals.

它运作良好的阿拉伯语节目主导了整个中东地区，轻而易举地把西方国有背景的竞争对手挡在竞争大门之外。

Fending off females who have designs on your dung-ball is evidently more important than laying extra eggs.

避开那些想觊觎你粪便球（dung-ball）的雌性蜣螂显然会比产更多卵来得重要。

Dean is fending off three antitrust lawsuits, the most recent filed by the Justice Department itself.

最近，司法部对迪恩食品提出了三项反垄断诉讼，迪恩食品正忙于招架。

After fending off Microsoft's advances, Yahoo cut a search deal with the software giant.

拒绝了微软的提议之后，雅虎割舍了和软件巨人的搜索合同。

Dr Wedekind knew, from studies on mice, that besides fending off infection, the MHC has a role in sexual attractiveness.

通过研究老鼠，Wedekind先生得知，除了挡开传染，MHC在两性间的吸引起到重要作用。

As his imagination faltered and grew dim, the fending off of maturity became desperate, demented and pointless.

随着他想象力的衰退贫乏，对成熟的抵抗逃避就变得愈发绝望地不惜一切、疯狂、毫无目标。