She held off all the last-minute challengers and won the race in a new record time.

她最后一刻甩掉了所有对手，以新的纪录赢得了赛跑冠军。

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The hospital staff held off taking Rosenbaum in for an X-ray.

医院工作人员推迟了让罗森鲍姆做X光检查的时间。

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The rain held off just long enough for us to have our picnic.

雨还好，等到我们用完野餐才下起来。

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But they say future exercises will be held off the west coast -- in the Yellow Sea.

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I held off for a very long time, but I just got mine a month ago. And now I don't know how I live without it.

我拖了好长时间，一个月前才买的。而且现在我不知道离开它该如何生活。

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Blake says the Obama administration held off on engaging India in a major way until the completion of elections in May that strengthened the hold on power by Prime Minister Singh's ruling Congress party.

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Even Cesar Chavez, the famed Californian farm workers' leader, never held off 80 gunslingers single-handed.

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She held off Great Britain's Christine Ohuruogu, the defending champion, to win in 49.55 seconds.

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