hold off

基本解释

If you can hold off any big outlays of cash, do so, for you will be glad you did.
如果你有机会拖延任何大笔的现金支出，就去拖延吧，事后你会为这个决定庆幸的。
DISCLAIMER: My life is absolutely nothing like this; however, I can’t shake the feeling that if I can just hold off my biological clock, one day it could be.
特别声明：我的生活绝对不是这个样子，但我有种预感，只要我能坚持不生，也许有一天我的生活真会变成那样。
If they're failing they should cut their dividend, but companies are reluctant to do that because it looks bad, so they hold off for a long time, not cutting.
如果效益不好他们应该减少红利,但是公司不愿意这样做,是因为这样显得很糟糕,所以他们一直拖延着不去减少红利

A close race is being held for governor in New Jersey where the Democratic incumbent, John Corzine,is trying to hold off Republican challenger Chris Christie and independent candidate Chris Daggett.
Hold off again, for a few minutes at least, on the question, so what should we believe ? in the body view, the personality view?
等等，先抽几分钟，讨论一下这个问题，我们应该,相信什么？肉体论？人格论？
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If they're failing they should cut their dividend, but companies are reluctant to do that because it looks bad, so they hold off for a long time, not cutting.
如果效益不好他们应该减少红利,但是公司不愿意这样做,是因为这样显得很糟糕,所以他们一直拖延着不去减少红利
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The number of developers affected now tops 115, so we'd hold off on those updates.
ENGADGET: Apple aware of corrupt apps issue, working on a fix (Update: Fixed!)