News Flash – I bet you can think of a hundred reasons to keep living how you are today and not changing; SOMETHING will always be in the way or be a reason to delay.

速度想一下--我打赌你能想起几百条理由来让自己维持现状不去做出改变。 总有一些事情会成为我们拖拉的原因和做事情的绊脚石。

youdao

And it may or may not reflect on the society that one of its more versatile verbs was "kalu," which in different contexts can mean detain, delay, hold back, keep in custody, interrupt and so forth.

并且它有可能或者没有可能反应了当时的社会，有一个多功能的词可能是“kalu，”它在另外的文本中的意思可能是阻止、推迟、撤退、监禁或者侵扰等等。

youdao

I try not to delay, postpone or keep anything that could bring laughter and joy into our lives.

我试着不去推迟，不去保留哪些能够给我们的生活带来快乐和笑声的东西。

youdao

All they can do is to unbundle the local loop and keep a close regulatory eye on the behaviour of their telecoms incumbents, which can drive or delay the adoption of broadband pretty much as they choose.

ECONOMIST: High-speed Internet access

There lies a classic recipe for trouble: overstretched management, shoddy work or delay, payment disputes with the client, and no huge reward ahead to keep bankers happy as time and costs mount.

ECONOMIST: PFI