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Withhold Money Withheld I Payment Things Verb Hold

英语单词 withhold
英美音标 英 [wɪð'həʊld] 美 [wɪð'hoʊld]
中文释义 v.抑制;阻挡;扣留;保留
英语例句 (1) The readers cannot withhold their admiration.
(2) How shall I withhold from tears when we part?
(3) The dam is too weak to withhold the pressure of the rising water.
(4) The board have decide to withhold part of their grant money from certain student.
(5) I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract.
中文例句 (1) 读者无法抑制自己的敬佩。
(2) 我们离别时我如何忍得住眼泪呢?
(3) 水坝不够牢固,抵挡不住水上涨的压力。
(4) 委员会决定不发给某些学生的部分助学金。
(5) 他们履行合同后,我才付钱。
vocabulary简明 If you keep something back and don't share it, you withhold it. You can withhold things such as permission, emotion, or information. You might get into trouble if you withhold information from your parents or the police.
vocabulary扩展 The verb withhold means to deduct from a payment and hold back. Your job will withhold money from your paycheck for things like taxes. You may also choose to withhold money from your check for healthcare, retirement, and numerous other voluntary accounts. The past tense of the verb withhold is withheld. Withhold is spelled with a double h because it is made by combining the words with and hold.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]拒绝给予;扣留 If you withhold something that someone wants, you do not let them have it.
  [V n]
  [V n from n]
  [Also V from n/-ing]
  [FORMAL 正式]
  • Police withheld the dead boy's name yesterday until relatives could be told...

    警方昨天拒绝在通知亲属前透露死亡男孩的姓名。

  • Financial aid for Britain has been withheld...

    向英国提供的经济援助已经被扣。

  • The captain decided to withhold the terrible news even from his officers.

    船长决定哪怕是对高级船员也要封锁这个可怕的消息。

withholding
  • The withholding of property from the market may cause prices to be higher than normal.

    捂盘可能导致房价过高。

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