hold back 的定义
- the iron or strap on the shaft of a horse-drawn vehicle to which the breeching of the harness is attached, enabling the horse to hold back or to back the vehicle.
- a device for restraining or checking, as a doorstop or tieback.
- a stop or delay: a holdback in negotiations.
- a withholding: the holdback of a day's pay.
- something, as a planned expenditure or allotment, that is withheld or deferred.
hold back 近义词
repress
更多hold back例句
- And sometimes, the biggest holdback to women is that same depth to which they feel.
- For this end, during eleven years, all had given their share without stint or holdback.
- When the nerve is unduly irritated the holdback, or inhibitory force, is increased, and the heart slows up in the same measure.
- In the clouds we were passing over Clingman, Gibbs, and Holdback.