hold off 雅思

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

"雨可能下不下来,不过把雨伞带去总没有坏处。"

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

我们队的一个班打退在人数上占优势的敌人的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使人不敢同他接近。