ADJ-GRADED 坚定的;忠诚的;虔诚的 A staunch supporter or believer is very loyal to a person, organization, or set of beliefs, and supports them strongly.
He's a staunch supporter of controls on government spending. 他坚决支持控制政府开支。
VERB 止住…的流动 To staunch the flow of something means to stop it.
The government claims this is the only way to staunch the annual flow to Germany of hundreds of thousands of refugees... 政府称这是阻止每年数十万难民涌入德国的唯一办法。
Efforts to staunch the spill of crude oil from a tanker off the north coast of Scotland are being held up by gale force winds. 为阻止苏格兰北部沿海一艘油轮的原油泄漏所进行的堵漏工作因风暴天气而告中断。
VERB 给…止血 To staunch a wound, or to staunch the blood from a wound, means to stop the wound from bleeding.
Tom tried to staunch the blood with his handkerchief. 汤姆试图用手帕来止血。
These departures can be staunched by policies that give workers a sense that the company is behaving fairly, and by measures such as flexible schedules that increase survivors 'loyalty. 要遏止这些人才流失,公司应实施让雇员感觉其行事公平的政策,以及弹性工作制等有助于提高剩余员工忠诚度的措施。
Sophia staunched the blood with a cloth. 索菲娅用一块布止住了血。
Mike pressed hard on the wound and staunched the flow of blood. 迈克紧紧地按住伤口,止住了流血。
The Demon invasion has been staunched, but in its wake a far more older war has been rekindled. 恶魔入侵已被阻止,但是却唤醒了另一场更为远古的战争的烽火。