be at bay

基本解释

He must not be put at bay with Laudrup'erne.
内，他不应该被限制，被称为下一个劳德鲁普。
He doesn't just want to meet you at church, or to be kept at bay on the outer edges of your life.
祂不愿意只在教会里与你相遇，或待在你生活的边缘角落里；
pearlpig2000.spaces.live.com
Evil spirits can be kept at bay by taking that bath between 7 and 9 a. m. , advises Christopher Co, a Filipino expert in Feng Shui.
一位菲律宾风水先生克里斯托弗寇建议在早上7点到9点之间洗这个澡，恶魔就会被锁在海湾里。
blog.sina.com.cn

But he wanted them to be able to land safely at Annapolis, a city on the Chesapeake Bay.

Instead, generics will be kept at bay until 2011, allowing Cephalon to fund further studies to rekindle physician interest in the medicine.
FORBES: Pay Attention
But in recent years, with busloads of tourists braving the three-hour drive from the Red Sea resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh, the outside world could not be kept at bay.
ECONOMIST: Saint Catherine's monastery
It will be about privatizing Social Security, and it will begin right away, while the president's re-election is still reverberating and other issues can still be held at bay.
NPR: Much at Stake in Defining Social Security 'Crisis'