| 单词 | hold back |
| 释义 | hold back (once / 1153 pages) 1v 2v 3v WORD FAMILY hold back: held back, holding back, holds back USAGE EXAMPLESWith an effort, I hold back an angry retort. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) She held back those who wanted to enter the inferno. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) A weaker performance on Wall Street overnight also held back investors. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v refrain from doing Syn|Hyper forbear forbear, refrain resist doing something 2v wait before acting Syn|Hypo|Hyper hold off, 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) 3v hold back; keep from being perceived by others 2Syn|Hypo conceal, hold in occult hide from view v secure and keep for possible future use or application 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper hold, keep back, retain hold down keep hold on, keep retain possession of 1v keep under control; keep in check Syn|Hypo|Hyper keep, keep back, restrain hold keep from exhaling or expelling confineprevent from leaving or from being removed bottle up, inhibit, suppresscontrol and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderatelessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle, trammelplace limits on (extent or access) conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppressto put down by force or authority damprestrain or discourage cabinconfine to a small space, such as a cabin closetconfine to a small space, as for intensive work coop in, coop upconfine in or as if in a coop lock, lock away, lock in, lock up, put away, shut away, shut upplace in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape lock in, seal inclose with or as if with a tight seal crucify, mortify, subduehold within limits and control abnegate, denydeny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure keep, keep back, restrainkeep under control; keep in check quenchelectronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device chokecheck or slow down the action or effect of restrictplace under restrictions; limit access to traincause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it catchcheck oneself during an action batemoderate or restrain; lessen the force of thermostatcontrol the temperature with a thermostat counteract, countercheckoppose or check by a counteraction bottle up, inhibit, suppress control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior 2v hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of Syn|Hypo|Hyper arrest, check, contain, stop, turn back cut down, cut out intercept (a player) defend be on the defensive; act against an attack |
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