hold off
phrasal verbwithholdverbuk/həʊld/us/hoʊld/held|held
(NOT DO)
C2
to not do somethingimmediately:
推迟,延迟[+ -ing verb]Let'sholdoff makingadecisionuntil nextweek.我们推迟到下周再作决定吧。
USThey'vedecidedtoholdoffonbuyingacaruntil they're bothworking.他们决定等两人都开始工作之后再买车。
Waiting
- await
- backlogged
- breath
- hang
- hang around
- hang on
- hover
- lounge
- lurking
- mark timeidiom
- mill
- mill around
- queue
- twiddle
- twiddleyourthumbsidiom
- wait
- wait and seeidiom
- wait around
- wait forsomeone/something
- waiting room
(RAIN/STORM)
Ifrainor astormholdsoff, it does notstartimmediately.
(雨或风暴)延缓,迟迟不来Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- busywork
- buy timeidiom
- carry
- carrysomethingover
- dally
- inefficiently
- kick
- kicksomethinginto the long grassidiom
- kick the can down the roadidiom
- lag
- push
- retardation
- setsomeoneback(something)
- shelve
- sit
- sit onsomething
- slow roll
- spin
- stall