| 词汇 | hold back |
| 释义 | hold back 1. keep sth./sb.in place; prevent from 阻止 * Police horses were used to hold back the crowd. 警方的马队被用来阻止群众。 * If I had not held him back, he would have beaten you soundly. 要不是我阻止了他，他一定把你痛打一顿。 2. restrain oneself; control (sth. such as a feeling) 克制；抑制（表情） * Jim held back his anger and avoided a fight. 吉姆忍住了怒气，避免了一场斗殴。 * He was so impatient that I could not hold him back. 他非常急躁，我制止不了他。 * I held myself back from saying a word. 我克制自己不说一个字。 * Though very angry, I held back from telling him exactly what I thought.虽然非常生气，但我能克制，未把我的真实想法告诉他。 3. delay 拖延 * Heavy rain on the road held us back. 路遇大雨我们耽搁了。 * We can't hold the meal back for more than half an hour to wait for you. 我们不能因为等你而把开饭时间推迟半小时以上。 4. retain possession of; keep back 保有；扣留 * He held the money back from his client.他把钱扣下不给当事人。 5. keep from (advancing to the next grade, stage, level, etc.) 阻止（前进）；使留在（原级、原阶段、原水平等） * No one can hold back the wheel of history.谁也不能阻止历史车轮前进。 * You show promise as a musician but your lack of practice is holding you back. 你有希望成为音乐家，但你懒于练习，使你毫无进展。 6. stay back or away; show unwillingness; remain behind 走开；退缩；畏缩不前；犹豫不定 * When danger appeared, every one of them held back. 当出现危险时，他们中每一个人都退缩了。 * We must never hold back before difficulties. 我们在困难面前决不退缩。 * She is very shy; she always holds back when we invite her to a party. 她很害差，我们请她去聚会时，她总是犹豫不决。 7. conceal; keep (a secret, etc.) to oneself 隐瞒；保守（秘密等） * He told me most of the facts of the affair, but I'm sure he's still holding back some important in formation. 他对我讲了那件事的大部分情况，但我相信他仍保留了一些重要的东西没有告诉我。 * You shouldn't hold anything back from us; we want to know the whole story. 你不应有所隐瞒，我们要知道全部事实。 * I could tell from his nervousness that he was holding back. 看他局促不安的样子，我就知道他心里隐瞒了什么事。 |
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