I'd rather see Edgar at bay than you.

He kept me at bay with a long knife.

他用一把长刀阻止我接近.

All day long the army of the Persians was kept at bay.

整整一天,波斯军队被牵制住不能前进一步.

The overpowering despair that he'd fought so hard to keep at bay washed through the boy.

一直极力压制的绝望情绪终于将男孩击垮了。

Prisoners armed with baseball bats used the hostages to hold police at bay.

手持棒球棒的囚犯们挟持了人质，使警察无法靠近。

The stag at bay is a dangerous foe.

穷寇勿追.

The lion stood at bay.

那狮子已经被围困.

He fought bravely, haveing his enemies at bay.

他英勇战斗, 阻止住了敌人向前推进.

Eating oranges keeps colds at bay.

吃橘子可以预防感冒。

Monstrously inflated prices are designed to keep people like us at bay.

疯狂飞涨的价格会使像我们这样的人走投无路。

They knew that their position in the office was shaky at best.

她们知道她们在职场的位置是不稳固的.

Carrie summoned up all her courage, which was little at best.

嘉莉鼓起了全部勇气, 其实充其量也没有多少勇气可言.

Toure, at best, but that is not an enhanced version of the blacksmith what?

但是图雷充其量不也就是一个加强版的铁匠么?

Military government is at best but transient, the allegiance due to it is correspondingly temporary.

军事政府充其量只是短暂 、 无常的,因此,效忠也只是暂时的.

A rating , at best, is an indication of how many people saw what you gave them.

节目受欢迎程度的调查至多只是表明,有多少人看了你们奉送给他们的节目.

With slowing global demand of capital goods , the outlook for Japan seems gloomy at best.

随著全球对于金融产品的需求量的萎缩, 日本金融市场将低迷疲软.

At best, effective repression merely forces it to shift production sites.

最有效的压力仅仅迫使它转移了生产地点.

At best , they are likely to flatten off over the coming years.

所幸的是,这一现象将在将来几年内被熨平.

With the road ahead looking rocky at best, many are turning more defensive.

随着未来走势看起来严峻, 许多人如今正变得更保守.

Here again the argument baseless or very weak at best.

这里,论证再次不合逻辑,或者充其量也是非常无力.

At best , however, this will have marginal effect on the long march of Chinese history.

但是, 这在中国历史长河中只会产生很小的影响.