1.hold off推遲;拖延
The hospital staff held off taking Rosenbaum in for an X-ray...
醫(yī)院工作人員推遲了羅森鮑姆的X光檢查 。
2.shake off擺脫
Businessmen are trying to shake off habits learned under six decades of a protected economy...
商人們正努力改掉60年來在保護(hù)主義經(jīng)濟(jì)下所養(yǎng)成的那些習(xí)慣 。
3.prepare to do準(zhǔn)備
He had to go back to his hotel and prepare to catch a train for New York.
他不得不回到酒店,準(zhǔn)備趕火車去紐約 。