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withheld

/wɪθˈhɛld/ 形容词 C1

中文: 隐瞒的、扣留的、保留的

  1. That has been kept or held back from the possession or knowledge of another. · His withheld hand stared down at my weakly outstretched one.· The names originally withheld from the report, have been leaked.
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Elizabeth was glad to be taken to her immediately; and Jane, who had only been withheld by the fear of giving alarm or inconvenience, from expressing in her note how much she longed for such a visit, was delighted at her entrance.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第35页 · B2
But, in spite of the certainty in which Elizabeth affected to place this point, as well as the still more interesting one of Bingley’s being withheld from seeing Jane, she felt a solicitude on the subject which convinced her, on examination, that she did not consider it entirely hopeless.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第164页 · B2
In short, my dear aunt, I should be very sorry to be the means of making any of you unhappy; but since we see, every day, that where there is affection young people are seldom withheld, by immediate want of fortune, from entering into engagements with each other, how can I promise to be wiser than so many of my fellow-creatures, if I am tempted, or how am I even to know that it would be wiser to resist?
《Pride and Prejudice》,第167页 · B2
You have withheld the advantages which you must know to have been designed for him.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第223页 · B2

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