v.抑制；阻擋；扣留；保留

How shall I withhold from tears when we part? 我們離別時(shí)我如何忍得住眼淚呢？

The dam is too weak to withhold the pressure of the rising water. 水壩不夠牢固，抵擋不住水上漲的壓力。

The board have decide to withhold part of their grant money from certain student. 委員會(huì)決定不發(fā)給某些學(xué)生的部分助學(xué)金。

I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract. 他們履行合同后，我才付錢。

It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public. 對(duì)于政治領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者來(lái)說(shuō),向人民大眾隱瞞信息通常是必要的,甚至有益的。

withhold的基本意思是“抑制”“制止”,如“扣留”某事物、“保留”某意見(jiàn)或想法等,還可表示“止住”眼淚等。

withhold一般用作及物動(dòng)詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ); 用作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),常與介詞from連用。

withhold的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞均為withheld。

n.扣繳稅款

v.抑制；阻擋；扣留；保留