| 词汇 | hold-off |
| 释义 | hold offphrasal verb with holdverbuk /həʊld/ us /hoʊld/held | held (NOT DO)C2 to not do something immediately: 推迟，延迟 [ + -ing verb ]Let's hold off making a decision until next week.我们推迟到下周再作决定吧。 hold off onUSThey've decided to hold off on buying a car until they're both working.他们决定等两人都开始工作之后再买车。 Waiting await backlogged bang around breath hang hang around hover lounge lurking mark timeidiom mill mill around pendency sit twiddle twiddle your thumbsidiom wait wait and seeidiom wait around wait for someone/something (RAIN/STORM)If rain or a storm holds off, it does not start immediately.（雨或风暴）延缓，迟迟不来 Delaying and wasting time ado busywork buy timeidiom carry something over dally gridlock inefficiency inefficiently kept kick kick something into the long grassidiom push retard retardation set someone back (something) shelve sit sit on something spin stall hold someone offphrasal verb with holdverbuk /həʊld/ us /hoʊld/held | held to stop someone from attacking or defeating you: 抵抗（某人）攻击，抵御（某人） How much longer will the resistance fighters be able to hold off the enemy?抵抗运动的战士们还能抵挡敌人多长时间？ Defending and protecting air defence anti-bug anti-mosquito baby bandobast cocoon defensive duck duck and coveridiom embedded featherbedding fight back hedge insulate poisonous security light self-protective self-protectiveness shelter sheltered hold off (something) | American Dictionaryhold off (something)phrasal verb with holdverbus/hoʊld/past tense and past participleheldus/held/ to stop something from happening, or to be delayed: They’re hoping to hold off surgery until he’s stronger. I hope the rain holds off until we get home. hold off | Business Englishhold offphrasal verb with holdverbuk /həʊld/usheld | held [ I or T ] to wait for a period of time before doing something: hold off on sthHolding off on the product release meant missing sales targets for the year. Let's hold off placing the order until we've got more information. |
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