hold off
- 推迟;拖延;（在比赛或竞赛中）抵挡住（对手的挑战）
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PHRASAL VERB 推迟;拖延
If you hold off doing something, you delay doing it or delay making a decision about it.The hospital staff held off taking Rosenbaum in for an X-ray...
医院工作人员推迟了罗森鲍姆的X光检查。
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PHRASAL VERB （在比赛或竞赛中）抵挡住（对手的挑战）
If you hold off a challenge in a race or competition, you do not allow someone to pass you.Between 1987 and 1990, Steffi Graf largely held off Navratilova's challenge for the crown.
1987至1990年间，施特菲·格拉芙基本上抵挡住了纳芙拉蒂洛娃对其冠军地位的挑战。
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Could you hold off your decision until next week ?
你可以推迟到下星期再做决定吗？
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He may decide to hold off for a few days .
他可能决定推迟几天。
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We hope the rain can hold off for a few hours .
我们希望雨停几个小时。
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We used five columns to hold off enemy reinforcements .
我们使用了五个纵队来阻止敌人的增援部队。
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Models eating tissues or cotton balls to hold off hunger , and models collapsing from hunger-induced heart attacks just seconds after they step off the runway .
模特们吃面纸或棉球来抵挡饥饿，模特们因饥饿引起的心脏病发作，仅在他们离开T台后的几秒钟。
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I tried to hold off at first , I played it cool for a short while ．
一开始我试着拖延,我冷静了一会儿。
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I know , I just ... think we should hold off .
我知道我只是觉得暂时不要说
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If you could hold off a little while longer ...
如果你能再拖延点时间
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Let 's hold off for a while before we make a decision .
下结论之前，让我们先稍微等一下。
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For now , I think it 's best if we hold off .
不过现在我们最好还是等上一段时间。
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Just need to hold off a little longer .
只要再拖住一小会就行了。
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Maybe we should hold off on the physical part for a while .
也许我们该暂时把生理问题放一放。
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My mother said I should hold off getting my license one more year .
我妈说再等一年才能考驾照。
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Have some great experiences and hold off on the stuff .
去拥有丰富经验和一些伟大的东西。
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Hold off on that check . Lock down the building !
等等我再看看，封锁整栋大楼！
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Hold off on going up if you can .
如果可以的话，尽量不要接近他们。
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Why didn 't fame hold off old age and death ?
为什么名声不能延缓衰老和死亡呢？
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The leaders will hold off making a decision until Monday .
领导们将延迟到星期一再做出决定。
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The board has decided to hold off its decision .
董事会决定推迟作出决策。
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I 'm going to hold off until I talk to my wife .
我想等我跟太太谈过以后再说。
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Hopefully the rain would hold off until I could find Jessica .
这场雨很有希望能拖延到我找到杰西卡以后才下。
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They were able to hold off a very much superior attacking force .
他们得以抵御一支占极大优势的进攻部队。
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We can 't hold off four .
四艘我们应付不过来。
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Cotton is falling in price , and buyers hold off .
棉花价格正在下跌，买主们都踟蹰不前。
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They will hold off their announcement until next month .
他们将把通知推迟到下个月发布。
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So there 's no need to hold off until the next article before following these steps .
因此，没有必要因为后继文章还未出现而不遵循这些步骤。
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The rain hold off just long enough for us to have our picnic .
雨一时下不起来，我们有足够的时间吃完野餐。
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We hope the rain will hold off till evening .
我们希望这场雨能拖到明天晚上下。
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Others will be even harder pressed to hold off online retailers .
其他零售商当然更难抵御电商的攻势。
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But just hold off for a while , ok ?
但歇一段时间，好吗？