hold back

phrasal verb

hold somebody/something back

to prevent somebody/something from moving forward or crossing something拦阻；阻挡
- The police were unable to hold back the crowd.警察阻拦不住人群。
- The dam was not strong enough to hold back the flood waters.水坝不太坚固，挡不住洪水。
to prevent the progress or development of somebody/something妨碍进展
- Do you think that mixed-ability classes hold back the better students?你认为把能力参差的学生混在一班会妨碍高水平学生进步吗？
- We are determined that nothing should hold back the peace talks.我们决心不让任何事情阻碍和谈。

hold something back

to not tell somebody something they want or need to know不透露（情况）；隐瞒
- to hold back information隐瞒信息
- I think he's holding something back. I'm sure he knows more than he admits.我觉得他有所隐瞒。我肯定他知道的比他承认的要多。
to stop yourself from expressing how you really feel抑制，控制（感情等）；不露声色
- She just managed to hold back her anger.她勉强压住了自己的怒火。
- He bravely held back his tears.他勇敢地没让眼泪流出来。

hold back (from doing something) | hold somebody back (from doing something)

to hesitate or to make somebody hesitate to act or speak（使）犹豫，踌躇
- She held back, not knowing how to break the terrible news.她踌躇着，不知如何说出这一可怕的消息。
- I wanted to tell him the truth, but something held me back.我本想告诉他真实情况，但又开不了口。

词汇	hold back
释义	hold back phrasal verb hold somebody/something back to prevent somebody/something from moving forward or crossing something拦阻；阻挡 The police were unable to hold back the crowd.警察阻拦不住人群。 The dam was not strong enough to hold back the flood waters.水坝不太坚固，挡不住洪水。 to prevent the progress or development of somebody/something妨碍进展 Do you think that mixed-ability classes hold back the better students?你认为把能力参差的学生混在一班会妨碍高水平学生进步吗？ We are determined that nothing should hold back the peace talks.我们决心不让任何事情阻碍和谈。 hold something back to not tell somebody something they want or need to know不透露（情况）；隐瞒 to hold back information隐瞒信息 I think he's holding something back. I'm sure he knows more than he admits.我觉得他有所隐瞒。我肯定他知道的比他承认的要多。 to stop yourself from expressing how you really feel抑制，控制（感情等）；不露声色 She just managed to hold back her anger.她勉强压住了自己的怒火。 He bravely held back his tears.他勇敢地没让眼泪流出来。 hold back (from doing something) \| hold somebody back (from doing something) to hesitate or to make somebody hesitate to act or speak（使）犹豫，踌躇 She held back, not knowing how to break the terrible news.她踌躇着，不知如何说出这一可怕的消息。 I wanted to tell him the truth, but something held me back.我本想告诉他真实情况，但又开不了口。
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