| 释义 |
keep something back1Retain or withhold something: he kept back £5 for himself...- Although this was the amount of rations laid down by law some of the shady crews often kept back food for to sell when they reached shore.
- Emergency services made arrangements with garages for supplies to be kept back specially for their vehicles.
- So far everything we've kept back will have a place in the next house, even if only once a year, like Christmas decorations.
1.1Decline to disclose something: she might be willing to give me the details she had kept back from Ann...- I've kept this post back for a long time and altered a few key details, just in case my employers think they can identify us and use this blog as a stick with which to beat me.
- Sorry mum, every daughter keeps a few things back y'know…
- You know, you have to watch the behaviors, too, and see if they seem to be keeping something back.
Synonyms conceal, keep secret, keep hidden, hide, withhold, suppress, keep quiet about, not tell, not reveal, not divulge, hush up See parent entry: keep |