When dogs are kept at bay, they are kept from attacking.

当说" 不让狗儿们嚎叫(at bay)" 的时候，意思就是" 不让狗儿们攻击人" 。

They were kept at bay; and only 1500 or so people had to be evacuated.

没有，谢天谢地！火势被控制住了；必须被疏散的只有1500人左右。

December's bitter gales and rough waves are kept at bay from this stretch of water.

十二月凛冽的寒风和汹涌的波涛尽数被抵御在湾区之外。

In these examples, the things being kept at bay -- the attackers and the police -- are real.

在这些案例中，被控制住的——袭击者和警察都是真实存在的。

Warmer temperatures have allowed new predators once kept at bay by the cold into their previously isolated habitat.

气温升高使得原本被寒冷阻隔的捕食者能够进入此前隔离的栖息地。

If chaos is to be kept at bay, so the message goes, reason will have to fight un-reason again and again.

要想避免混乱，就一直要用理性去战胜非理性。

Somehow reality had to be kept at bay.

不知何故，现实不得不被拒之门外。

English speakers say either " keep at bay" or " hold at bay."

说英语的人要么说“keep at bay”，要么说“hold at bay”。

But secondly, the second you die, you know, all these bacteria, viruses and fungi that you've been keeping at bay by being alive and having an immune system, you know, now all of a sudden they start taking over.

但其次，在你死的那一刻，你知道，所有这些细菌、病毒和真菌，你一直通过活着和拥有免疫系统来抵御，你知道，现在它们突然开始接管。