| 释义 |
hold off A. intransitive verb (not happen) «rain, snow» 不下 bù xià ; «winter» 不来临 bù láilín ▸ the storm held off until we got home 我们到家之后暴风雨才来 B. transitive verb [hold off sb/sth, hold sb/sth off] ① (repel) 抵挡住 dǐdǎng zhù ‹attacker, attack›② (beat) 战胜 zhànshèng ‹challenger, competitor›; 赢得 yíngdé ‹challenge›③ (stall) 拖住 tuōzhù ‹creditors, reporters›④ ▸ to hold off doing sth (delay) 推迟做某事 tuīchí zuò mǒu shì ▸ we held off telling her for a few days 我们推迟了几天才告诉她 |