withhold
英 [wɪðˈhəʊld] 美 [wɪðˈhoʊld]

vt.

扣留；拒绝给予；抑制（某事物）；制止，阻挡

vi.

忍住，克制；

变形

过去式：withheld过去分词：withheld现在分词：withholding第三人称单数：withholds

双语释义

v.(动词)

1. vt. 制止; 扣留,保留 keep back; stop; refuse to give

英英释义

withhold[ 'wið'həuld, wiθ- ]

• v.
  • hold back; refuse to hand over or share

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

    同义词：keep back

  • retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments

    "My employer is withholding taxes"

    同义词：deductrecoup

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

词组短语

withhold information隐瞒消息

同近义词辨析

conserve, reserve, retain, withhold, preserve, keep

这组词都有“保持，保存”的意思，其区别是：

conserve一般指保存自然资源，保全人的精力、力量等。

reserve正式用词，指为了将来的用途或其他用途而保存、保留。

retain指继续保持。

withhold指扣住不放，暗示有阻碍。

preserve主要指为防止损害、变质等而保存。

keep最常用词，指长时间牢固地保持或保存。

undergo, overcome, overthrow, withhold

undergo经受、经历、遭受

overcome克服、战胜；

overthrow推翻、颠覆；

withhold压住、制住、抑制；

双语例句

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。

权威例句

Do Managers Withhold Bad News?
Do Managers Withhold Good News?
Do Managers Withhold Bad News? (Digest Summary)
Decisions to withhold treatment from nursing home residents.
IS IT JUSTIFIABLE TO WITHHOLD TREATMENT FOR HEPATITIS C FROM ILLICIT-DRUG USERS?
Substituted judgment and the decision to withhold life support
Employee Propensity to Withhold Effort: A Conceptual Model to Intersect Three Avenues of Research
Managers' Motives to Withhold Segment Disclosures and the Effect of SFAS No. 131 on Analysts' Information Environment
Clinically suspected pulmonary embolism: is it safe to withhold anticoagulation after a negative spiral CT?
Experience with enoxaparin in patients with mechanical heart valves who must withhold acenocumarol