hold back

基本解釋

Our kids don’t hold back because they are afraid to fail. They are only afraid of failing us.
我們的孩子不會因?yàn)楹ε率《兴丝s，他們只是害怕讓我們失望。
Therefore， it is prime time that we took positive steps with the strength of all human beings to hold back this grim tendency.
因此，該是我們采取有效措施，集中全人類的力量來阻止這種嚴(yán)峻的趨勢發(fā)展的時(shí)候了。
Promises to tackle budget deficits through public spending cuts and tax increases have offered little reassurance to bondholders, who know that austerity will hold back already-weak GDP growth.
通過削減公共開支和增加稅收來處理預(yù)算赤字的承諾并不能讓債券持有者安心，他們知道緊縮政策將會抑制已經(jīng)疲弱的GDP增長。

Some Internet companies are worried that concerns about privacy could hold back the growth of cloud computing.
So you have this firmament, ; Which is beaten back to hold back primeval waters that are pressing in; you have land which is holding down the waters here.
現(xiàn)在有了蒼穹，它被錘平來阻擋洶涌而至的水流;,也有阻擋下面水流的土地。
耶魯公開課 - 舊約導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
And what I need is somebody to hold me back a little bit
我倒是需要有人約束我一下，提醒我稍微收斂一下，
發(fā)揮創(chuàng)造力的瞬間 - SpeakingMax英語口語達(dá)人

In theory, a government could use monetary and fiscal policy to hold back inflation.
ECONOMIST: Eastern Europe and the euro