hold off读音

• (使)保持一段距离,(使)推迟

1.推迟;拖延
If youhold off doing something, you delay doing it or delay making a decision about it.

e.g. The hospital staff heldoff taking Rosenbaum in for an X-ray...
医院工作人员推迟了罗森鲍姆的X光检查。
e.g. They have threatened military action but heldoff until now.
他们扬言要采取军事行动，但一直拖到现在。

2.（在比赛或竞赛中）抵挡住（对手的挑战）
If youhold off a challenge in a race or competition, you do not allow someone to pass you.

e.g. Between 1987 and 1990, Steffi Graf largely heldoff Navratilova's challenge for the crown.
1987至1990年间，施特菲·格拉芙基本上抵挡住了纳芙拉蒂洛娃对其冠军地位的挑战。

• hold off不使挨近