forfend
英[fɔː'fend] 美[fɔːr'fend]
"Let's avoid a confrontation"
"head off a confrontation"
"avert a strike"
May God forfend such an unhappy fate!
愿神能挡开这样的不幸命运.
Anselme..forfended Priests to have Wives.
出自:E. PagittThis ingenious veterinarian forefends the practice of mixing clay in the stuffing.
出自:J. Badcock