at bay

释义

1. 编辑释义电影里 92%

   挡住；不让靠近或发作

   to hold a person, illness, or threat off so it cannot come close or affect you

   I doubt a human could keep her at bay.

   He experimented with many ways to keep it at bay.

2. 牛津电影里 8%

   （猎物）被围困，被迫作困兽之斗

   when an animal that is being hunted is at bay, it must turn and face the dogs and hunters because it is impossible to escape from them

电影里这样说 · 13 部

• I doubt a human could keep her at bay.Avengers: Age of Ultron2015
• He experimented with many ways to keep it at bay.Mary Reilly1996
• The mask holds the pain at bay.The Dark Knight Rises2012
• I can't keep Nichols at bay.Oppenheimer2023
• Might keep Cormac at bay.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince2009
• Your majority keeps Daggett at bay...The Dark Knight Rises2012
• keeping that unruly beast at bay.Turning Red2022
• I found bananas are the only thing that keeps it at bay.The Croods: A New Age2020

在完整场景里学

• 奥本海默2023
  • 大师劝他离开剑桥：leaves a little to be desired（还稍欠火候）
  • 请他执掌研究院：the man for the job（非他莫属）
  • 火车上结识拉比：seek out（主动去寻找）
• 青春变形记2022
  • 在超市变成红熊猫：take advantage of（占某人便宜）
  • 变身红熊猫听妈妈讲诅咒：watch someone like a hawk（盯得死死的）
  • 求看演唱会被回绝：once in a lifetime（千载难逢）

同一词条的短语

• hold at bay