withheld
/wɪθˈhɛld/ 形容词 C1中文: 隐瞒的、扣留的、保留的
- 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.
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.
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?
You have withheld the advantages which you must know to have been designed for him.
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