hold back

英 [həʊld bæk]

美 [hoʊld bæk]

（使）犹豫; （使）退缩; 阻挡; 阻止; 储备; 保留; 隐瞒; 抑制住，忍住（眼泪、笑声等）

经济

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）犹豫;（使）退缩
  If youhold backor if somethingholdsyouback, you hesitate before you do something because you are not sure whether it is the right thing to do.
  1. The administration had several reasons for holding back...
     政府因为几个原因而犹豫不决。
  2. Melancholy and mistrust of men hold her back.
     忧郁的性格和对男人的不信任使她裹足不前。
• PHRASAL VERB 阻挡;阻止
  Toholdsomeone or somethingbackmeans to prevent someone from doing something, or to prevent something from happening.
  1. 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。
  2. Jake wanted to wake up, but sleep held him back.
     杰克想要醒来，但睡意使他又沉入梦乡。
• PHRASAL VERB 储备;保留
  If youholdsomethingback, you keep it in reserve to use later.
  1. 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。
• PHRASAL VERB 隐瞒
  If youholdsomethingback, you do not include it in the information you are giving about something.
  1. You seem to be holding something back.
     你好像隐瞒了点什么。
• PHRASAL VERB 抑制住,忍住(眼泪、笑声等)
  If youhold backsomething such as tears or laughter, or if youhold back, you make an effort to stop yourself from showing how you feel.
  1. She kept trying to hold back her tears...
     她一直在试图抑制住眼泪。
  2. He could no longer hold back convulsive laughter...
     他再也忍不住，前俯后仰地大笑起来。
  3. I was close to tears with frustration, but I held back.
     我沮丧得快要哭出来，但我忍住了。

英英释义

verb

• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy
  1. Arrest the downward trend
  2. Check the growth of communism in South East Asia
  3. Contain the rebel movement
  4. Turn back the tide of communism
  Synonym:checkturn backarreststopcontain
• hold back
  1. She conceals her anger well
  Synonym:concealhold in
• secure and keep for possible future use or application
  1. The landlord retained the security deposit
  2. I reserve the right to disagree
  Synonym:retainholdkeep back
• keep under control
  1. suppress a smile
  2. Keep your temper
  3. keep your cool
  Synonym:restrainkeepkeep back
• wait before acting
  1. the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment
  Synonym:waithold off
• refrain from doing
  1. she forbore a snicker
  Synonym:forbear

双语例句

• But then I did feel it, and I couldn't hold back my scream of agony.
  然后，我确实感觉到了，我甚至没法咽回自己极其痛苦的尖叫。
• But you did not at my side, I hold back, I think I learned strong.
  可是你没在我身边，我忍住了，我想我该学会坚强。
• 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。
• The administration had several reasons for holding back
  政府因为几个原因而犹豫不决。
• She couldn't hold back her tears.
  她忍不住掉下了眼泪。
• But I can't ever hold back.
  但我却不断的抑制。
• But he couldn't hold back.
  他忍不住了。
• This caused Ruth to hold back from a final confrontation.
  这促使露丝抑制住了最后的摊牌。
• When danger came, he would not hold back.
  当危险来临时，他不会退缩。
• Can hardly contain one's anger; cannot hold back one's rage
  压不住心头的火气