hold-off

"The rain may hold off, but it won't hurt to take the raincoat with you."

"雨可能下下来,过把雨伞去总没有坏处。"

A squad of our troops held off six attacks of a numerically superior enemy.

我们部队的一个班打退了在数上占优势的敌的6次进攻。

Finally he came to realize it was his haughtiness that held people off.

他终于意识到是他的傲慢态度敢同他接近。