Monstrously inflated costs are designed to keep the hoi polloi at bay.

天价被设计用来让小老百姓们不敢问津。

I'm trying to keep my creditors at bay.

我在竭力避开债主。

However, as good as these services are, there are simple steps we can take to keep them at bay.

然而，尽管这些服务很好，我们还是可以采取一些简单的步骤，和它们保持距离。

As hackers turned up, layers of security, from antivirus programs to firewalls, were added to try to keep them at bay.

随着黑客的出现，从防病毒程序到防火墙的层层安全措施被添加进来，试图阻止他们。

Their skin is weathered and tanned, as if they have fossilised themselves in ozone to keep death at bay.

他们的皮肤饱经风霜被晒得黧黑，好像他们在臭氧中变成化石并在海湾边防止死亡。

Today, cosmetics companies dance around truth-in-advertising laws to imply that their creams and lotions can keep the years at bay.

今天，化妆品公司打着公信广告法的擦边球让人们相信他们的霜和润肤露能够让时间倒流。

The experts who made the discovery believe ants act as' bodyguards' for some plants to keep trampling elephants at bay.

发现这一现象的专家认为，蚂蚁实则充当着某些植物的“保镖”，它们会让践踏这些植物的大象无法接近保护对象。

Comment areas receive the most attention, but securing every location where someone can add a link is the way to keep spammers at bay.

回复区域受到最多关注，但是保证每个可以加入链接的地方的安全是牵制垃圾传播者(spammer)的方法。

To keep curiosity at bay there is a swimming-pool, a bowling-alley, a putting-green and two saunas (one hot; one seedy).

为了能让游客按捺住好奇心，宾馆建造了一座游泳池、一条保龄球道，一个小型高尔夫练习场和两个桑拿浴室（一个太热，一个太脏）。

Couldn't I just line the perimeter of my yard with something to keep them at bay?

我不可以只用什么东西在我的院子周围画线来隔绝它们吗？

To keep the insects at bay, Mr. Prasart has lined his paths with barrel-size water-filled porcelain jars and vases — some more than 500 years old.

为了防虫，P先生在道路的两侧摆上油桶大小的陶瓷罐子和瓶子---当中一些有500多年的历史， 里面盛满了水。

Fortunately, other Greek soldiers dropped down beside him and helped keep the enemy at bay.

幸运的是，其他希腊士兵也与他一起掉了下去，帮助他们让敌人走投无路。

Instead of panicking and popping pills to keep anxiety at bay, try and relax so that your mind is clear enough for you to assess all the available options.

要放松而不是一味的恐慌或者靠吃药来抑制焦虑。试着放松，这样你的思想才能足够清静来让你评估所有可用的选择。

The human ability to control fire would have brought a semblance of day to night, helping our ancestors to see in an otherwise dark world and keep nocturnal predators at bay.

人类控制火种的能力，黑夜看上去和就白天差不多了，这有助于人类祖先在黑暗世界里也能看到并且捕获夜间食肉动物。

Both seem somewhat nervous - he with his left arm crossing his body and fingers slightly rounded in a closed position - and her with her left hand elevated as if to keep harm at bay.

两个人看起来似乎都有些紧张——他将左手微微放到身体前方，手指轻轻地握紧——而她则将左手高高抬起，似乎在控制自己的情绪。

Although its winters make it one of the coldest U.S. cities, the low temperatures keep ozone at bay.

尽管这样使它冬天成为美国最冷的城市，但是低温也预防臭氧的危害。

Its library carpet is being replaced because of monsoon flooding; outside, an awning, held aloft by bamboo scaffolding, helps to keep the rain at bay.

图书馆里的地毯由于雨季的影响不得不重新更换；外面有一个竹子搭的雨棚，用来遮挡海边吹来的风雨。

Whether it's through reading or writing or connecting or sharing; I do what it takes to focus and keep failure at bay.

不管是通过阅读、写作、联系，或者分享；我尽一切力量来集中精力，让失败远离。

In the markets, a few simple steps can help keep one's emotions at bay.

在市场上，几个简单的步骤就能帮助投资者控制自己的情绪。

Whether or not that claim was true, the institute secured a reputation as the place to dream up new ways to wage wars and keep enemies at bay.

不管那些话是真是假，那家研究院总算是守住了跟它那个提出作战与制敌新思路地位相符的名分。

State of Mind: Music can also be used to bring a more positive state of mind, helping to keep depression and anxiety at bay.

思维状态：音乐也可以抵御抑郁与焦虑的侵袭，使人保持一种更为积极地心理状态，预防了应激反应对身体造成的巨大伤害。

The same fatty acids also keep belly fat at bay.

这种脂肪酸同时还能使腹部苗条。

Hensley's barbs - fired at Jack, at CTU, even at Ryan Chappelle - seemed to be timed to divert attention from the psychological defenses Frank Hensley had erected to keep the world at bay.

弗兰克·汉斯莱对杰克、CTU乃至瑞安·查普利的冷嘲热讽似乎都经过精心算计，借以把他们的注意力从他保护自己计划的心理防线上转移开去。

But that lock didn't just keep busybodies at bay.

但这个锁并不只是为了阻止多管闲事的人靠近。

Plant breeders have come up with remedies and strategies that could keep stem rust at bay.

育种学家们想出了补救措施和策略，可以阻止茎秆锈病蔓延。

You can actually do better (and feel better about your performance) if you keep the stress at bay and focus on simple study skills over the next few weeks.

如果你能控制好压力，在接下来的几周中把重点放在学习的技巧上，你就能在考试中发挥得更好，对自己的表现也会更有信心。

To keep the bumps at bay, take a hot shower before shaving.

想要摆脱剃须肿块困扰的话，就在剃须之前先洗个热水澡。

It is important that people who have dull jobs find outside interests to keep boredom at bay, rather than turn to drinking or smoking.

工作比较枯燥的人应该找些业余爱好来打发无聊，而不是去抽烟喝酒，这很重要。

During his first week in Stanford Hospital, Maloney's kids wanted to keep visitors at bay.

在斯坦福医院的第一个星期，马宏升的孩子们希望控制探望者的人数。