英语词汇“withhold”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINwithhold

Origin:

1200-1300 with ‘from’ + hold

VERB TABLE

withhold

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	withhold
	he, she, it	withholds
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	withheld
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have withheld
	he, she, it	has withheld
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had withheld
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will withhold
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have withheld

Continuous Form
Present	I	am withholding
	he, she, it	is withholding
	you, we, they	are withholding
Past	I, he, she, it	was withholding
	you, we, they	were withholding
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been withholding
	he, she, it	has been withholding
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been withholding
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be withholding
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been withholding

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Civil servants should be as helpful as possible, and withhold information only in the interests of national security.
Doctors do not have the right to withhold necessary treatment from a patient.
He was accused of withholding vital evidence from the police.
The new law allows you to withhold payment if you think a bill is incorrect.
When the article was published, I asked for my name to be withheld.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Given the power of the managerial hierarchy to dispense or withhold rewards, open acts of defiance expose individuals to reprisal.
Many were blacked out except for a sentence or less; other pages were withheld in their entirety.
She appreciated him, he said, flattered him, but always seemed to withhold something.
They can not withhold treatment as punishment for any reason.
To maintain the row's high pitch of energy, you need to make sure that sympathy is withheld by all parties.
Where there is no love to start with, there is nothing of an abstract nature to withhold.
Who do I think I am to withhold it so selfishly?
You have granted him the desire of his heart and have not withheld the request of his lips.

Longman Language Activatorto refuse to give someone something► refuse

: refuse somebody something · He was unable to attend the meeting in Moscow, because the Russian authorities had refused him a visa.· You wouldn't refuse an old friend a favour, would you?refuse something to somebody · Some banks are threatening to refuse loans to anyone who cannot provide suitable guarantees.

► deny

if someone in authority denies someone something that they want, for example money, a right, or the chance to do something, they refuse to give it to them: deny somebody something: · His parents denied him the opportunity to go to university.be denied something: · The scientists have been denied the necessary funds for their research program.· Up to 450 disaster victims were denied compensation by their insurers.· She has been denied the right to appeal to the Supreme Court.

► withhold

to refuse to give someone something that they want - use this especially in official or legal contexts: · The new law allows you to withhold payment if you think a bill is incorrect.withhold something from somebody: · Doctors do not have the right to withhold necessary treatment from a patient.

to not tell someone something they want to know► withhold

to not give information, especially when you have been officially asked to do so: withhold information/evidence/facts etc: · Civil servants should be as helpful as possible, and withhold information only in the interests of national security.· When the article was published, I asked for my name to be withheld.withhold from: · He was accused of withholding vital evidence from the police.

► hold out on

informal to refuse to give someone the information that they want, even though they keep asking you: · We all feel that members of the Medical Research Council are holding out on us.· Why are you holding out on me like this? I'm your lawyer and I need to know what happened.

► not give anything away

to not tell anyone anything about something, especially about your plans or intentions, when they are asking about them or are very interested to know about them: · I asked Teresa if she thought she and Liam would get married, but she wouldn't give anything away.· Whatever the England manager's plans are for tonight, he's not giving anything away.

► not/never let on

to not tell someone a secret, especially when they are asking you questions about a subject connected with that secret: · Don't worry -- I won't let on.not/never let on about: · She never let on about her boyfriend's criminal past.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► withhold (your) consent

(=not give it)· A patient has the right to withhold consent to treatment.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► consent

· An absolute prohibition against assignment is less popular than a qualified prohibition which requires a landlord not to withhold consent unreasonably.

► information

· Either we become regarded as gratuitously destructive iconoclasts, or the shepherd himself becomes suspect for having withheld information.· In an interview Thursday, Albright said she could not question her parents' motivations in withholding the information.· Why would Rohmer withhold that information from us.· However, leaders who refuse to speak with the media give the impression that we are withholding information.· And the official line, as well as school lessons and folk knowledge, all colluded with the withholding of information.· It is not at all unusual during wartime for leaders to withhold military information with the men in the grass.· The tactics of conflict may be as follows: One manager will withhold information from another.· He said the majority of recalls and other related corrective actions do not include allegations that a company withheld safety information.

► name

· We won't be able to withhold his name.· Authorities withheld the players' names pending the filing of formal charges.· Police are withholding the woman's name until relatives are informed.

► payment

· On imprisonment and so-called amnesties, it is illegal and irresponsible to withhold payment of the community charge.· The problem for Mr Kasyanov is that he seems to have underestimated the strength of western reaction to the withholding of payments.· Harry Reasoner, the lead attorney for the insurers, said they were justified in withholding payment on several grounds.

► tax

· Among these was a plan to cut the amount of personal income tax withheld by employers during the year.· The more exemptions he claims, the less income tax you withhold from his paycheck.· It is subject to social security taxes and income tax withholding.· Payroll taxes consist of two different kinds of tax, an employer-paid tax and withheld taxes.

► treatment

· Our patients were manifesting potentially dangerous hypoxaemia, and we did not consider it ethically appropriate to withhold this form of treatment.· Therefore, we must withhold further treatments.· Thus age should not be the sole criterion for withholding aggressive treatment of community-acquired pneumonia in older patients.· They can not withhold treatment as punishment for any reason.

VERB► threaten

· His officials threatened to withhold future financial aid, or even to freeze existing programmes.· In all, Mr. Dear threatened to withhold the certificate of efficiency if matters did not improve.· Suppliers are not being paid by Brent Walker head office and as a consequence are threatening to withhold their services.