hold back
- 阻止，阻挡;克制，抑制住，控制，忍住（眼泪、笑声等）;保留，扣住，留下……给自己;（使）犹豫，（使）退缩;保守（秘密等），隐瞒;储备;使留在原级（或原阶段、原水平等）
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PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）犹豫;（使）退缩
If you hold back or if something holds you back, you hesitate before you do something because you are not sure whether it is the right thing to do.The administration had several reasons for holding back...
政府因为几个原因而犹豫不决。
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PHRASAL VERB 阻挡;阻止
To hold someone or something back means to prevent someone from doing something, or to prevent something from happening.Stagnation in home sales is holding back economic recovery...
国内销售的停滞不前正阻碍着经济复苏。
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PHRASAL VERB 储备;保留
If you hold something back, you keep it in reserve to use later.Farmers apparently hold back produce in the hope that prices will rise.
农民囤积农产品显然是希望价格能够上涨。
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PHRASAL VERB 隐瞒
If you hold something back, you do not include it in the information you are giving about something.You seem to be holding something back.
你好像隐瞒了点什么。
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PHRASAL VERB 抑制住,忍住(眼泪、笑声等)
If you hold back something such as tears or laughter, or if you hold back, you make an effort to stop yourself from showing how you feel.She kept trying to hold back her tears...
她一直在试图抑制住眼泪。
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- hold back, as of a danger or an enemy;check the expansion or influence of
- Arrest the downward trend
- Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
- Contain the rebel movement
- Turn back the tide of communism
- Synonym: check turn back arrest stop contain
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- hold back;keep from being perceived by others
- She conceals her anger well
- Synonym: conceal hold in
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- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- The landlord retained the security deposit
- I reserve the right to disagree
- Synonym: retain hold keep back
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- keep under control;keep in check
- suppress a smile
- Keep your temper
- keep your cool
- Synonym: restrain keep keep back
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- wait before acting
- the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment
- Synonym: wait hold off
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- refrain from doing
- she forbore a snicker
- Synonym: forbear
数据来源：WordNet
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But it 's better to hold back and keep trying to find common ground .
但更好的做法是克制，努力寻找双方的共同点。
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Children are taught to hold back their emotions .
小孩子被教导去克制感情。
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He could no longer hold back his tears .
他再也无法控制住眼泪。
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She closed her eyes tightly in a vain attempt to hold back the tears .
她紧闭双眼，却无法忍住眼泪。
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Farmers apparently hold back produce in the hope that prices will rise .
农民囤积农产品显然是希望价格能够上涨。
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She kept trying to hold back her tears
她一直在试图抑制住眼泪。
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He could no longer hold back convulsive laughter
他再也忍不住，前俯后仰地大笑起来。
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She raised her head in a vain attempt to hold back the tears .
她仰起头，却无法忍住眼泪。
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The police had to use force to hold back the crowd .
警察不得不用武力阻止人群。
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He was able to hold back his anger and avoid a fight .
他忍住了怒气，避免了一场殴斗。
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It is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history .
要想阻止历史潮流是徒劳的。
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She couldn 't hold back her tears .
她忍不住掉下了眼泪。
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Can hardly contain one 's anger ; cannot hold back one 's rage
压不住心头的火气
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Do not hold back the truth .
别隐瞒真相。
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The laboratory has been advised to hold back any announcement of its findings .
实验室已得到通知，不要宣布发现的成果。
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I feel bad that I could not hold back my cough in the library .
咳嗽cough我为不能在图书馆忍住不咳嗽感到很抱歉。
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They built dykes and dam to hold back the rising flood waters .
他们修筑了堤坝来阻挡上涨的洪水
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This type of people hold back from reaching out after a date , to avoid going through such again .
这种人在约会后忍住不主动联系对方，以免再次失败。
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Part two : The main factors that hold back the efficiency .
第二部分：制约大学生思想政治教育实效的主要因素。
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No one can hold back the hands of time .
谁也无法阻止时间的前进。
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The organizational structure seriously hold back the development of the hotel ;
现有的组织结构严重制约酒店的发展；
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This may not be easy to do , but you must hold back .
也许很不容易做到，但你必须有点耐心。
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No force on earth can hold back the progress of the society .
没有任何力量能够阻止社会的进步。
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When danger came , he would not hold back .
当危险来临时，他不会退缩。
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You needn 't hold back for the old woman .
你没必要忍受那老女人。
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However , the poor stability and high price hold back their exploration and application .
然而天然色素却存在稳定性较差、价格较贵等缺点，严重制约着它的开发应用。
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Time and time again I tried to hold back my sad feeling .
我多次试着去抑制我悲伤的心情。
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When dangers come , no one hold back .
危险来临的时候没有人退缩。
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They built banks of earth to hold back the rising flood .
他们筑造土坝以阻挡上涨的洪水。
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It can cause him to hold back from commitment .
这也会导致他不承诺。