• 阻止前进；控制；抑制；(由于谨慎、害怕而)犹豫，踌躇；保留，扣住(不发表)，保密
• 犹豫,阻止,积攒,储蓄,隐瞒,忍住

Verb:

1. hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of;

   "Arrest the downward trend"
   "Check the growth of communism in South East Asia"
   "Contain the rebel movement"
   "Turn back the tide of communism"
   

2. keep under control; keep in check;

   "suppress a smile"
   "Keep your temper"
   "keep your cool"
   

3. refrain from doing;

   "she forbore a snicker"
   

4. wait before acting;

   "the scientists held off announcing their results until they repeated the experiment"
   

5. secure and keep for possible future use or application;

   "The landlord retained the security deposit"
   "I reserve the right to disagree"
   

6. hold back; keep from being perceived by others;

   "She conceals her anger well"
   

1.（使）犹豫;（使）退缩
If youhold back or if somethingholds youback, you hesitate before you do something because you are not sure whether it is the right thing to do.

e.g. The administration had several reasons for holdingback...
政府因为几个原因而犹豫不决。
e.g. Melancholy and mistrust of menhold herback.
忧郁的性格和对男人的不信任使她裹足不前。

2.阻挡;阻止
Tohold someone or somethingback means to prevent someone from doing something, or to prevent something from happening.

e.g. Stagnation in home sales is holdingback economic recovery...
国内销售的停滞不前正阻碍着经济复苏。
e.g. Jake wanted to wake up, but sleep held himback.
杰克想要醒来，但睡意使他又沉入梦乡。

3.储备;保留
If youhold somethingback, you keep it in reserve to use later.

e.g. Farmers apparentlyholdback produce in the hope that prices will rise.
农民囤积农产品显然是希望价格能够上涨。

4.隐瞒
If youhold somethingback, you do not include it in the information you are giving about something.

hold back的反义词

e.g. You seem to be holding somethingback.
你好像隐瞒了点什么。

5.抑制住,忍住(眼泪、笑声等)
If youhold back something such as tears or laughter, or if youhold back, you make an effort to stop yourself from showing how you feel.

e.g. She kept trying toholdback her tears...
她一直在试图抑制住眼泪。
e.g. He could no longerholdback convulsive laughter...
他再也忍不住，前俯后仰地大笑起来。

1. hold back

1. 忍住：可以试试看. 但是因为他似乎从未以这个配速(MP)练习过,所以比赛当天主要还是应该凭感觉跑:32K之前,必须随时提醒自己忍住(holdback)不乱开.

2. hold back的反义词

2. 退缩：hit the ceiling 勃然大怒 |holdback 退缩 |hold up 举起,支撑,阻挡

3. 抑制：in accordance with== 根据 |holdback 抑制 | slide 幻灯片

Shortage of the right materials has set us back.

所要材料的短缺阻碍了我们的进展。

Mr.Hu's abstemious habits didn't hold him back.

胡士泰有节制的生活习惯并没有阻碍提升。

He can not shrink back from danger.

他不会从危险中退缩出来。

Prissy edged back up the stairs.

百里茜偷偷地往楼梯口退缩。

The brooding presence that had been lurking farther back was moving.

曾经远远隐藏的那个飘忽不定的存在正在活动。

Colonel Wilck's men fought back, from every conceivable hiding place.

威克上校守城部队从任何可能的隐藏之处发起反击。

We could not hold ourselves back.

我们不能克制自己。

Then they had to restrain themselves and pull back.

这时，他们只好克制自己，撒了回来。

We must not keep back anything we know.

不应该隐瞒我们所知道的事。

The police were convinced the man was holding something back.

警察确信那人隐瞒了情况。

The administration had several reasons for holding back...

政府因为几个原因而犹豫不决。

Melancholy and mistrust of men hold her back.

忧郁的性格和对男人的不信任使她裹足不前。

Stagnation in home sales is holding back economic recovery...

国内销售的停滞不前正阻碍着经济复苏。

Jake wanted to wake up, but sleep held him back.

杰克想要醒来，但睡意使他又沉入梦乡。

Farmers apparently hold back produce in the hope that prices will rise.

农民囤积农产品显然是希望价格能够上涨。

You seem to be holding something back.

你好像隐瞒了点什么。

She kept trying to hold back her tears...

她一直在试图抑制住眼泪。

He could no longer hold back convulsive laughter...

他再也忍不住，前俯后仰地大笑起来。

She couldn't hold back her tears.

她忍不住掉下了眼泪.

Jim was able to hold back his anger and avoid a fight.

吉姆忍住了怒气,避免了一场斗殴.

They built dykes and dam to hold back the rising flood waters.

他们修筑了堤坝来阻挡上涨的洪水.

She just managed to hold back her anger.

她总算抑制住了自己的愤怒情绪.

They will hold back 20 tons of nightsoil for later use.

他们将保留20吨粪肥以后使用.

Jim was able to hold back his anger and avoid a fight.

吉姆总算抑制住了愤怒,从而避免了一场殴斗.

No force on earth can hold back the progress of the society.

没有任何力量能够阻止社会的进步.

If there's something you'd like to say please don't hold back.

有话尽管说.

We built banks of earth to hold back the flood waters.

我们筑起土坝,防止洪水泛滥.

It is always futile to try to hold back the progress of history.

要想阻止历史潮流是徒劳的.

Main Idea: I couldn't hold back my tears or sighs, bewailing my people's hard life.

格言大意: 一声长叹,我禁不住流下了热泪, 哀叹人民的生活史多么艰难.

No one can hold back the wheel of history.

没有人能够阻挡历史的车轮.

This may not be easy to do, but you must hold back.

也许很不容易做到, 但你必须有点耐心.

The instinct of the celibate warned him to hold back.

单身汉的本能告诫他回头是岸.

He was able to hold back his anger and avoid a fight.

他忍住了怒气,避免了一场殴斗.

Hold natural and graceful, don't hold back before the guests.

在客人面前要落落大方, 不要畏惧退缩不敢见人.

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