The government claims this is the only way to staunch the annual flow to Germany of hundreds of thousands of refugees. [VERB noun]
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. [VERB noun]
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。
See also: stanch
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