| 释义 |
keep back (or keep someone/thing back)Remain (or cause someone or something to remain) at a distance: he had kept back from the river when he could...- Police cordoned off the area to keep people back and the bus station remained closed following the accident.
- The water had risen too high, and the levees just were not strong enough to keep it back.
- He tried to get in again, covering his face with a T-shirt, but again the flames kept him back.
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