held off
英
美
- held v.拿着；控制；容纳；握住；持有；保持；掌握；认为；举行动词hold的过去式和过去分词形式
- off adv.表示状态的关闭或离开prep.离开；在...之外adj.空闲的；离开的；关闭的v.离开；脱下
- He held off his departure until his sister had come.
他推迟行期直到他妹妹来后才走。
- The storm held off. They went on with their work.
暴雨暂时没下，他们继续干活。
- Though outnumbered, they held off (repeated attacks by) the enemy.
尽管寡不敌众，他们还是抵挡住了敌人(一次又一次的进攻).
- The rain held off just long enough for us to have our picnic.
雨一时下不起来，我们有足够的时间吃完野餐。
