hold off 详细解释
hold off
不使挨近, 挡住, 耽搁, 离开
1. (使)不接近
His cold manner holds people off.
他冷淡的态度使人无法接近。
2. 拖延
They will hold off their decision until Monday.
他们将延至星期一再作决定。
词义辨析
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英英释义
动词 hold off:
resist and fight to a standoff
wait before acting
补充
hold offhold off1.拖延, 被拖延He held off for half an hour because of the rain.因为下雨, 他晚了半个小时才动身。They're holding off their decision because of changing conditions.由于情况变化, 他们迟迟不作决定。2.抵抗; 抗拒For several days, we held off the attacks of a great number of enemy soldiers.几天来我们击退了大批敌人的多次进攻。3.使…疏远, 使不接近His cold manner holds people off.他的冷漠态度使人不敢接近。例句
1. She largely held off the Russian's challenge.她总体上抗住了俄罗斯人的挑战。 2. They threatened military action but have held off until now.他们扬言要采取军事行动, 但一直拖延到现在。 3. The rain held off.雨停了。 4. North Americans often hold off a certain distance in conversation, which is about 21 inches apart found by studies.北美人在交谈时常保持一定距离的间隔，据研究发现，这种距离大约为21英寸。 5. The football match had to hold off for about half an hour because of a driving rain.一场瓢泼大雨使足球比赛被迫推迟了半个小时。 6. She always likes to hold off for rent.她总爱拖欠房租。 7. The monsoon held off for a month, then the rain fell in torrents.雨季推迟了一个月，接着便不停地下倾盆大雨。 8. The masses held off the aggressors with their hands.人群赤手空拳地抗击侵略者。 9. The enemies yielded after holding off for an hour.抵抗了一个小时后，敌人还是投降了。 10. You need to decide now. You can't hold off any longer.你现在就要做决定，不能再拖了。 11. He held off as long as he could.他尽可能地拖延。 12. She decided to hold off on her vacation for a while longer.她决定再延长一下假期。 13. He held off on announcing his decision.他推迟宣布他的决定。 14. The rain held off until we got home. [=it didn't rain until we got home]我们到家后，这场雨才下起来。 15. Her bodyguard held off the crowd. [=kept the crowd away from her]她的保镖阻止人群接近她。 16. The soldiers held off the attack.士兵们抵挡住了这次进攻。 17. Our team held off a late rally by the other team.我们的队顶住了另一支队后来恢复势头的对抗。热门单词推荐
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