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　　The building of the new road has been held up by bad weather.

　　修建新路因天气恶劣而推迟。

　　【相关链接】

　　hold back 缩回；阻止；隐瞒；抑制

　　hold with 赞同，同意

　　hold on to 执著于；不卖(某物)

　　hold down 阻止(某人)；制止；垂下

　　hold on 继续，坚持；不挂电话

　　hold off 推迟；延迟

　　例如:

　　You should hold on to your oil shares.

　　你应该继续保留你的石油股份。

　　The board of directors will hold off making a decision until next Wednesday.

　　董事会将推迟到下星期三才作出决定。

　　I had wanted to tell him the truth,but something held me back.

　　我想告诉他真相，却又开不了口。

　　They do not hold with letting children watch as much TV as possible.

　　他们不赞成让孩子随心所欲的看太多电视。

　　8.give away v.泄露；出卖；分发；丧失；赠与

　　【典型例句】

　　His accent gives him away that he is from the South.

　　他的口音让人听出他是一个南方人。

　　We have invited a famous former student to give away the school prizes.

　　我们已邀请一位知名的校友来校颁发奖品。

　　They have given away two goals already.

　　他们已经白送对方两分了。

　　【相关链接】

　　give back归还，恢复，报复

　　give in 交上，屈服，让步

　　give off散发出

　　give out散发，分发，用完，耗尽

　　give up放弃

　　例如:

　　Her patience finally gave out.

　　她最后忍无可忍了。

　　The flowers give off a fragrant perfume.

　　花儿散发出芳香。

　　Whatever happens,we will not give it up.

　　不管发生什么事，我们都不会放弃。

　　9.way n.方式；作风；路线；方向；方面；状态

　　【典型例句】

　　He has a special way of making his lessons lively and interesting.

他有一种特殊的手段使他的课生动有趣。