hold back

phrasal verb

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hold somebody/something back

to prevent somebody/something from moving forward or crossing something攔阻；阻擋
- The police were unable to hold back the crowd.警察阻攔不住人群。
- The dam was not strong enough to hold back the flood waters.水壩不太堅固，擋不住洪水。
to prevent the progress or development of somebody/something妨礙進展
- Do you think that mixed-ability classes hold back the better students?你認爲把能力參差的學生混在一班會妨礙高水平學生進步嗎？
- We are determined that nothing should hold back the peace talks.我們決心不讓任何事情阻礙和談。

hold something back

to not tell somebody something they want or need to know不透露（情況）；隐瞞
- to hold back information隐瞞信息
- I think he's holding something back. I'm sure he knows more than he admits.我覺得他有所隐瞞。我肯定他知道的比他承認的要多。
to stop yourself from expressing how you really feel抑制，控制（感情等）；不露聲色
- She just managed to hold back her anger.她勉強壓住了自己的怒火。
- He bravely held back his tears.他勇敢地沒讓眼淚流出來。

hold back (from doing something) | hold somebody back (from doing something)

to hesitate or to make somebody hesitate to act or speak（使）猶豫，躊躇
- She held back, not knowing how to break the terrible news.她躊躇着，不知如何說出這一可怕的消息。
- I wanted to tell him the truth, but something held me back.我本想告訴他真實情況，但又開不了口。