Governments have spent trillions propping up banks and staving off depression .

政府投入亿万巨资救助银行，避免出现经济萧条。

Pyongyang 's success in staving off sudden systemic change thus far does not in itself guarantee continued and indefinite success in this effort .

到目前为止，平壤成功地避免了体制的急剧改变，但这并不能保证它持久的和永远的得逞。

When the indian monsoon failed in 1965 for example president lyndon johnson 's administration shipped one-fifth of the u. s. wheat crop to india successfully staving offfamine .

例如当1965年印度季风没有按时到来之时，美国总统林德约翰逊的政府将美国五分之一的小麦收成运给印度，从而成功避免了饥荒的发生。

But they have focused on staving off catastrophe one bail-out at a time .

但是他们只是在避开灾难的同时爆发。

That 's the most clarity china has given markets in a long time , and may be aimed at staving off oil 's rise near $ 70 a barrel .

这是中国很长时间内向市场发出的最明确的信号，其目的或许在于延缓油价上涨至接近每桶70美元的水平。