head off, TURN SOMETHING ON ITS HEAD. deflect, stave off, fend off. it was fortunate that I chose to do acceptable things, for if I had chosen otherwise no one could have deflected me from my path.

Europeans Move to Stave Off Hollywood

 General Alexander has been a major architect of the American strategy on this issue, but until Tuesday he almost always talked about it in defensive terms. He has usually deflected questions about America’s offensive capability, and turned them into discussions of how to defend against mounting computer espionage from China and Russia, and the possibility of crippling attacks on utilities, cellphone networks and other infrastructure.



Groupon Chief Executive Andrew Mason deflected questions during a conference appearance Tuesday on recent speculation about a possible takeover of the daily deals firm and his own job security.

 Japan brands fend off rivals at China auto show
U.S. News & World Report
GUANGZHOU, China (AP) — Global automakers and their Chinese rivals put on sleek displays of new cars at a major auto show Thursday in Guangzhou, the southern Chinese stronghold of Japanese brands that have been hard hit by tensions between ...

Consumers Flee to Cash in Japan as Noda's Economic Woes Deepen
Bloomberg
Japanese consumers are closing their wallets as the economy's outlook darkens, making it harder for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda to stave off the nation's third recession in four years. Households are holding the most cash since 2005, shunning risk as ...


Traders up, CEOs down on pay scale

Many Wall Street CEOs took a big pay cut for 2009. But their real value may have been in deflecting attention from their troops—who enjoyed the largest payday on record.

Merkel calls meeting with bankers to head off credit crunch

Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that a tightening credit environment
could put the brakes on economic recovery. She’s called a meeting of
bankers in a bid to remove bottlenecks in cash-flow for businesses.

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Yalow’s parents wanted her to become a schoolmistress, but instead, she followed her own path.

“Perhaps the earliest memories I have are of being a stubborn, determined child. Through the years my mother has told me that it was fortunate that I chose to do acceptable things, for if I had chosen otherwise no one could have deflected me from my path.”

Beth Linker Is Turning Good Posture on Its Head

to cause something to be the opposite of what it was before: These new findings turn the accepted theories on their head. Changing. about-face.

TURN SOMETHING ON ITS HEAD - Cambridge Dictionary

head off
Block the progress or completion of; also, intercept. For example, They worked round the clock to head off the flu epidemic, or Try to head him off before he gets home. [First half of 1800s] This expression gave rise to head someone off at the pass, which in Western films meant "to block someone at a mountain pass." It then became a general colloquialism for intercepting someone, as in Jim is going to the boss's office--let's head him off at the pass.

Meaning #1: prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
Synonyms: debar, obviate, deflect, avert, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off

fend

   

音節

fend

発音

fénd

fendの変化形

fended (過去形) • fended (過去分詞) • fending (現在分詞) • fends (三人称単数現在)

[動](他)

1 〈打撃・難問などを〉（一時しのぎで）かわす, しのぐ, 受け流す, （…から）払いのける((off/away from ...)).

2 ((古))…を防ぐ.

━━(自)

1 （…に）抵抗する, 防戦する((against ...))；受け流す, うまくかわす.

2 ((略式))（自力で）やりくりする；（家族などを）養う((for ...))

fend for oneself
自活する.

［DEFENDの短縮形］

stave

Pronunciation: /steɪv/

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Definition of stave

noun

• 1a vertical wooden post or plank in a building or other structure.
• any of the lengths of wood fixed side by side to make a barrel, bucket, or other container.
• a strong wooden stick or iron pole used as a weapon.

• 2 (also staff) Music, British a set of five parallel lines on any one or between any adjacent two of which a note is written to indicate its pitch.

• 3a verse or stanza of a poem.

verb

[with object]

• 1 (past and past participle staved or stove /stəʊv/) (stave something in) break something by forcing it inwards or piercing it roughly:the door was staved in

• 2 (past and past participle staved) (stave something off) avert or delay something bad or dangerous:a reassuring presence can stave off a panic attack

Origin:

Middle English: back-formation from staves, archaic plural of staff¹. Current senses of the verb date from the early 17th century

stave ... off/stave off ...[stave ... off/stave off ...]

  

(1) …を延ばす, 遅らせる, …を避ける, 寄せつけない.
(2) 〈災害・危険などを〉食い止める, 前もって防ぐ.

deflect


IN BRIEF: To cause to turn aside or downward.

She deflected the criticism by changing the subject.

deflect 

音節

de • flect

発音

diflékt

deflectの変化形

deflected (過去形) • deflected (過去分詞) • deflecting (現在分詞) • deflects (三人称単数現在)

[動](他)(自)（本来の進路から）そらす［それる］((from ...))；〈光線を［が］〉屈折させる［する］；ゆがめる［ゆがむ］, 偏向させる［する］

deflect attention ［criticism］
関心［批判］をそらす

Sometimes public policy is deflected by private interests.
公の政策が私益によってゆがめられることがある

The rocket deflected from its set course.
ロケットは決められたコースからはずれた.