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1·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。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2·I'm trying to keep my creditors at bay.

我在竭力避开债主。《牛津词典》

3·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。

4·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。

5·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。

6·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。

7·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。

8·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。

9·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）。

10·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？