单词 | hold off |
释义 | hold off (once / 2987 pages) 1v 2v WORD FAMILY hold off: held off, holding off, holds off USAGE EXAMPLESCity held off Burnley with 10 men and seized the lead in the second half through Gael Clichy. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) He told the media and political rivals to "hold off partying", adding: "Nothing will happen, because there is nothing." BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Presidents Day is Feb. 20, so hold off for a month if you’re in the market for a new mattress. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1 v wait before acting 2the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment Syn|Hypo|Hyper hold back, wait hold out wait uncompromisingly for something desirable delayact later than planned, scheduled, or required hesitate, pauseinterrupt temporarily an activity before continuing dilly-dally, dillydally, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, procrastinate, shillyshally, stallpostpone doing what one should be doing procrastinatepostpone or delay needlessly defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, tablehold back to a later time act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) v resist and fight to a standoff Hyper hold out, resist, stand firm, withstand stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something |
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