【句子】And I’ve been holding off asking her out in the past, because she has an unusually large head.   【Friends-S2E3】

【发音】[ænd] [aɪv] [bi:n] ['həʊldɪŋ] [ɒf]/[ɑ:f] [ˈɑ:skɪŋ]/[æskɪŋ] [hɜ:(r)] [aʊt] [ɪn] [ðə] [pɑ:st]/[pæst] [bɪ'kɒz]/[bɪ'kɑ:z] [ʃi:] [hæz] [æn] [ʌnˈju:.ʒu.əli] [lɑ:(r)dʒ] [hed]

【发音技巧】and I连读；has an连读；

【翻译】之前我一直没有约她出来，是因为她的脑袋真的太大了！

【适用场合】

今天学一个动词短语：hold off

1. 英语中可以表示字面意思：拖住某个人，不让ta有进一步举动

to do something physical to keep someone or something away;

eg: Tom was trying to rob us, but we managed to hold him off.

Tom试图抢劫我们，但是我们成功了拖住了他。（没让他有进一步举动）

2. 拖延某事的进行/发展；

to wait to take action或者to make someone or something wait

eg: I know you want to start on that project, but hold off until I get these questions answered by the boss.

我知道你想启动这个项目，但是先等等，我先找老板把这几个问题解决了再说。

eg: I know a lot of people are waiting to see me. Hold them off for a while longer.

我知道很多人等着见我，让他们再多等一会儿。

英语中也可以说stave sth. off

eg: The company managed to stave off bankruptcy for another few months.

这家公司在破产之前成功地又苟延残喘了几个月。

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