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hold off

phrasal verb
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hold off
  1. (of rain or a storm雨或风暴) to not start不开始；延迟
    • The rain held off just long enough for us to have our picnic.雨还好，等到我们用完野餐才下起来。🔊🔊
  2. to not do something immediately推迟
    • Many buyers are holding off until prices are lower.许多买家一直等到价格降低为止。
    • hold off doing something Could you hold off making your decision for a few days?你能推迟几天再作决定吗？🔊🔊
hold somebody/something off
  1. to stop somebody/something defeating you战胜；克服
    • She held off all the last-minute challengers and won the race in a new record time.她最后一刻甩掉了所有对手，以新的纪录赢得了赛跑冠军。🔊🔊