withhold
v
(pt, pp withheld ) (fml 文)
(a) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (from sb/sth) (fml 文) refuse to give sth; keep sth back 拒绝给某事物; 保留某事物
withhold one's consent/permission 拒不同意[准许]
withhold information 保留住信息
The board has decided to withhold part of their grant money from certain students. 委员会决定不发给某些学生的部分助学金.
(b) [Tn] hold (sth) back; restrain 抑制(某事物); 制止
We couldn't withhold our laughter. 我们忍不住大笑起来.
They got on so well that Fred decided not to go to the lecture but to show the tourist around the university instead.
他们相处得很融洽,于是弗雷德决定不去听课,而带领这位游客到这所大学各处参观。
Twelve days later, millions more Indians lined the railway tracks as a slow train took the jar containing his ashes 584 kilometres to a place by the river.