hold off ( holding, held, holds )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you hold off doing something, you delay doing it or delay making a decision about it. 推迟

  例：

  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。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you hold off a challenge in a race or competition, you do not allow someone to pass you. (在比赛中或竞争中) 抵挡住

  例：

  Between 1987 and 1990, Steffi Graf largely held off Navratilova's challenge for the crown.

  1987到1990年期间，施特菲•格拉芙很大程度上抵挡住了纳芙拉蒂洛娃的夺冠挑战。