holdup /ˈhəʊldʌp/ (also hold-up) TEM4

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A holdup is a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables. 持械抢劫

  例：

  What could have happened? A hold-up? There'd been no gunshot or scream.

  发生了什么呢？持枪抢劫？没有听到枪声或尖叫声。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT A holdup is a delay. 延搁

  例：

  ...bureaucratic holdups and legal wrangles over the contract.

  …围绕合同的官僚拖延和法律纠纷。

• 3. 

  N-COUNT A holdup is the stopping or very slow movement of traffic, sometimes caused by an accident which happened earlier. 交通堵塞

  例：

  They arrived late due to a motorway holdup.

  因为高速公路上堵车，他们迟到了。