withhold

英 [wɪð'həʊld] 美 [wɪð'hoʊld]

• v. 抑制；阻挡；扣留；保留

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 制止; 扣留,保留

   keep back; stop; refuse to give

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 抑制，制住，忍住，压抑，压制，克制，牵制
2. 不给，拒绝给予
3. 阻挡，阻止
4. 压住，扣住
5. 不吐露，隐瞒
6. 自制
7. 勒扣，押住，扣留
8. 不（答应），不许
9. 禁止，制止
10. 不应使用
11. 拒绝
12. 扣除
13. 收回
14. 保留

英英释义

Verb:

1. hold back; refuse to hand over or share;

   "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
   

2. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments;

   "My employer is withholding taxes"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. The readers cannot withhold their admiration.
   读者无法抑制自己的敬佩。
2. How shall I withhold from tears when we part?
   我们离别时我如何忍得住眼泪呢？
3. The dam is too weak to withhold the pressure of the rising water.
   水坝不够牢固，抵挡不住水上涨的压力。
4. The board have decide to withhold part of their grant money from certain student.
   委员会决定不发给某些学生的部分助学金。
5. I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract.
   他们履行合同后，我才付钱。
6. It is often necessary, even desirable, for political leaders to withhold information from the public.
   对于政治领导者来说,向人民大众隐瞒信息通常是必要的,甚至有益的。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract.
   他们履行合同后,我才付钱。
2. I shall withhold my consent.
   我将不予同意。
3. The judge withheld the decision until he had heard all the evidence.
   那位法官听完所有的证据后才作出裁定。
4. The sun withheld its light.
   太阳光黯淡了。
5. We can't withhold our laughter.
   我们忍不住笑出声来。
6. The dam is too weak to withhold the pressure of the rising water.
   水坝不够牢固,抵挡不住水上涨的压力。

经典引文

• So I withheld my Passion, though I was indeed enrag'd to the highest Degree.

  出自： Defoe

• Had not some awe of the company..withheld his rage.

  出自： Henry Fielding

• Blake..though tempted, yet withheld himself from yielding.

  出自： P. Warung

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

withhold from (v.+prep.)

忍住不…; 抑制住 prevent oneself, as with patience, from sth or doing sth
withhold sth from sb/sth
I think you are withholding the truth from me; please tell me, however painful it is.

我想你一直对我隐瞒了真情,无论真情是多么令人痛苦,请告诉我。
The employers have to withhold the tax from your pay before you receive it.

雇主们在你们领工资前必须从中扣除税款。 withhold from sth/v-ing
How shall I withhold from tears when we part?

我们要分手时,我怎能抑制住自己的眼泪呢?
It is often difficult to withhold from expressing one's opinion.

一个人要把自己的意见憋在心里通常是困难的。 withhold sb from sth
The captain withheld his men from attack.

那位上尉不让士兵进攻。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• withhold one's decision 保留决定
• withhold one's laughter 忍住笑声
• withhold the pressure 挡住压力

～+副词

• withhold deliberately 故意扣留
• withhold hatefully 可恨地扣留
• withhold mystically 神秘地制止
• withhold purposely 故意扣留
• withhold tenaciously 坚持保留

～+介词

• withhold from 使…得不到,忍住不…,抑制住

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. withhold的基本意思是“抑制”“制止”,如“扣留”某事物、“保留”某意见或想法等,还可表示“止住”眼泪等。
2. withhold一般用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语; 用作不及物动词时,常与介词from连用。
3. withhold的过去式和过去分词均为withheld。

词义辨析

keep，retain，reserve，preserve，conserve，withhold

• 这些动词均有“保持，保存”之意。
• keep最常用词，指长时间牢固地保持或保存。
• retain指继续保持。
• reserve正式用词，指为了将来的用途或其他用途而保存、保留。
• preserve主要指为防止损害、变质等而保存。
• conserve一般指保存自然资源，保全人的精力、力量等。
• withhold指扣住不放，暗示有阻碍。

近反义词

【近义词】

• reserve 保留
• deny 否认
• refuse 拒绝
• keep 保持
• keep back 隐瞒
• preserve 保护
• save 救
• hold back 阻碍
• disallow 驳回
• suppress 镇压
• disclaim 放弃
• abstain 戒绝
• retain 保持
• conserve 蜜饯
• recoup 重获
• deduct 扣除