hold off

常见例句

If you can hold off any big outlays of cash, do so, for you will be glad you did.
如果你有機會拖延任何大筆的現金支出，就去拖延吧，事後你會爲這個決定慶幸的。
DISCLAIMER: My life is absolutely nothing like this; however, I can’t shake the feeling that if I can just hold off my biological clock, one day it could be.
特別聲明：我的生活絕對不是這個樣子，但我有種預感，衹要我能堅持不生，也許有一天我的生活真會變成那樣。
If they're failing they should cut their dividend, but companies are reluctant to do that because it looks bad, so they hold off for a long time, not cutting.
如果傚益不好他們應該減少紅利,但是公司不願意這樣做,是因爲這樣顯得很糟糕,所以他們一直拖延著不去減少紅利

A close race is being held for governor in New Jersey where the Democratic incumbent, John Corzine,is trying to hold off Republican challenger Chris Christie and independent candidate Chris Daggett.
Hold off again, for a few minutes at least, on the question, so what should we believe ? in the body view, the personality view?
等等，先抽幾分鍾，討論一下這個問題，我們應該,相信什麽？肉躰論？人格論？
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節選
If they're failing they should cut their dividend, but companies are reluctant to do that because it looks bad, so they hold off for a long time, not cutting.
如果傚益不好他們應該減少紅利,但是公司不願意這樣做,是因爲這樣顯得很糟糕,所以他們一直拖延著不去減少紅利
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節選

The number of developers affected now tops 115, so we'd hold off on those updates.
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Clearly some buyers decided to hold off making purchases pending the launch of the Mini.
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