withhold句子

1. 抑制，制住，忍住，压抑，压制，克制，牵制
2. 不给，拒绝给予
3. 阻挡，阻止
4. 压住，扣住
5. 不吐露，隐瞒
6. 自制
7. 勒扣，押住，扣留
8. 不（答应），不许
9. 禁止，制止
10. 不应使用
11. 拒绝
12. 扣除
13. 收回
14. 保留

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

1.拒绝给予;扣留
If youwithhold something that someone wants, you do not let them have it.

e.g. Police withheld the dead boy's name yesterday until relatives could be told...
警方昨天拒绝在通知亲属前透露死亡男孩的姓名。
e.g. Financial aid for Britain has been withheld...
向英国提供的经济援助已经被扣。

1. I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract.
   他们履行合同后,我才付钱。
2. I shall withhold my consent.
   我将不予同意。
3. The judge withheld the decision until he had heard all the evidence.
   那位法官听完所有的证据后才作出裁定。
4. The sun withheld its light.
   太阳光黯淡了。
5. We can't withhold our laughter.
   我们忍不住笑出声来。
6. 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。

• So I withheld my Passion, though I was indeed enrag'd to the highest Degree.

  出自：Defoe

• Had not some awe of the company..withheld his rage.

  出自：Henry Fielding

• Blake..though tempted, yet withheld himself from yielding.

  出自：P. Warung

keep，retain，reserve，preserve，conserve，withhold

这些动词均有“保持，保存”之意。

keep最常用词，指长时间牢固地保持或保存。

retain指继续保持。

reserve正式用词，指为了将来的用途或其他用途而保存、保留。

preserve主要指为防止损害、变质等而保存。

conserve一般指保存自然资源，保全人的精力、力量等。

withhold指扣住不放，暗示有阻碍。