withhold

过去式：withheld过去分词：withheld现在分词：withholding第三人称单数：withholds

1. vt. 制止; 扣留,保留 keep back; stop; refuse to give

• withhold one's decision保留决定
• withhold one's laughter忍住笑声
• withhold the pressure挡住压力

• withhold deliberately故意扣留
• withhold hatefully可恨地扣留
• withhold mystically神秘地制止
• withhold purposely故意扣留
• withhold tenaciously坚持保留

• withhold from使…得不到,忍住不…,抑制住

withhold information隐瞒消息

1. The readers cannot withhold their admiration.
   读者无法抑制自己的敬佩。
2. How shall I withhold from tears when we part?
   我们离别时我如何忍得住眼泪呢？
3. The dam is too weak to withhold the pressure of the rising water.
   水坝不够牢固，抵挡不住水上涨的压力。
4. The board have decide to withhold part of their grant money from certain student.
   委员会决定不发给某些学生的部分助学金。
5. I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract.
   他们履行合同后，我才付钱。
6. It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public.
   对于政治领导者来说,向人民大众隐瞒信息通常是必要的,甚至有益的。