高中英语常用词组 hold off
释义:
hold off 拖延;不接近;不使…接近
例句:
Could you hold off making your decision for a few days?
你能推迟几天再作决定吗?
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。
If you can hold off any big outlays of cash, do so, for you will be glad you did.
如果你有机会拖延任何大笔的现金支出,就去拖延吧,事后你会为这个决定庆幸的。
If they're failing they should cut their dividend, but companies are reluctant to do that because it looks bad, so they hold off for a long time, not cutting.
如果效益不好他们应该减少红利,但是公司不愿意这样做,是因为这样显得很糟糕,所以他们一直拖延着不去减少红利。
If there's no compelling reason to rupture them (labor's moving along just fine), you and your practitioner may decide to hold off and let them rupture naturally.
如果没有明显的理由去破水(产程进展的情况不错),你和你的医生可以决定拖延并让它自然破水。
The football match had to hold off for about half an hour because of a driving rain.
一场瓢泼大雨使足球比赛被迫推迟了半个小时。
This lets the person know your plate is full at the moment, so he/she should hold off on this as well as future requests.
这样说能让请你帮忙的人知道你的行程目前是满的,因此他/她会放弃请求,甚至以后也不会轻易打扰你。
DISCLAIMER: my life is absolutely nothing like this; however, I can't shake the feeling that if I can just hold off my biological clock, one day it could be.
特别声明:我的生活绝对不是这个样子,但我有种预感,只要我能坚持不生,也许有一天我的生活真会变成那样。