| 短语 | hold off |
| 释义 | hold off 1. to delay doing something拖延，推迟:•Buyers have been holding off until the price falls.买家们一直按兵不动，等待价格下跌。hold off (on) doing sth•Hold off making your decision until Monday.推迟到星期一再作决定吧。2. hold sb ↔ offa. to prevent someone who is trying to attack or defeat you from succeeding对抗某人，抵挡住某人:•Not even a gun could hold him off forever.即使是枪也不能永远挡住他。b. to prevent someone from coming towards you or succeeding in speaking to you阻止某人靠近; 阻止某人和你谈话:•There's already a crowd of reporters outside – I'll try to hold them off for a while.外面已经有一群记者了 — 我会想法挡住他们一会儿。3. if rain or bad weather holds off, it does not start, although it looked as if it would〔雨、雪等〕延缓，迟迟不来:•The rain held off until after the game.比赛结束后才下起雨来。 hold off (of bad weather) fail to occur （坏天气）未出现。 ■ delay or postpone an action or decision 拖延, 推迟。 ˌhold ˈoff1(of rain or a storm雨或风暴)to not start不开始；延迟The rain held off just long enough for us to have our picnic.雨还好，等到我们用完野餐才下起来。2to not do sth immediately推迟We could get a new computer now or hold off until prices are lower.我们现在就可以买新计算机，不然就等到降价再说。holddoing sthCould you hold off making your decision for a few days?你能推迟几天再做决定吗？hold off1. (cause to) remain at a distance; be aloof（使）拉开距离；（使）不接近；疏远；冷漠 * His cold manner holds people off. 他的冷漠态度使人不敢接近。 * Finally he came to realize it was his haughtiness that held people off. 他终于意识到是他的傲慢态度使人不敢同他接近。 * Mr. Flynn holds off from everybody. I think he is shy. 弗林先生远离大家。我想他是害羞。 * The ship held off from the shore because of dangerous crosswinds.由于危险的侧风，船没有靠岸。2. delay; postpone 拖延；延期 * As so many different ideas were put forward, they had to hold off making the decision there and then. 因为各种各样的意见提了一大堆，所以他们当场只好不作决定。 * Jack held off paying for the television set until the dealer fixed it. 杰克拖延到商家把电视机装好才付钱。3. resist 抵抗 * Our task is to hold off the enemy's attack for a few hours.我们的任务是将敌军的进攻抵挡住几小时。 * The police had difficulty in holding the fans off when the popstar was getting in the car. 当那位流行歌星上汽车时，警察费了很大劲儿才把歌迷们阻挡住。4. fail to appear（天气）未出现；拖延 * The rain held off for the whole morning, although we had all expected a storm. 虽然我们都预料到要有一场暴雨，但整个上午都没有下下来。 * The weather forecast predicts that the rain will hold off till this evening. 天气预报说这场雨要到今天晚上才会下。hold off1.保持距离;抵挡：Mary often held off from John，for she thought he was a bit too rude.玛丽时常跟约翰保持距离，因为她认为约翰有点太粗鲁。2. 拖延;延期：Teachers have held off their decision when to go camping with their pupils.老师已经延期作出什么时候跟学生们去野营的决定。 |
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