keep at bay

Monstrously inflated costs are designed to keep the hoi polloi at bay.

居高不下的生活开支势必会把老百姓逼入走投无路的境地。

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。

I don't mean thrilled or excited, but vividly alert, able to think with striking focus and clarity, imbued with whatever inner strength I needed to keep panic at bay.

我不是说感到刺激或激动，而是强烈地保持警觉状态，在想问题时能够全神贯注和头脑清晰，充满了为排除惊慌所需要的全部的内在力量。

I'm trying to keep my creditors at bay.

我在竭力避开债主。

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。