Hold up
/həʊld ʌp/
Hold up
/həʊld ʌp/
「Hold up」意指因某種原因導致耽擱或延遲。例如,當你的朋友問你為何遲到,你可以解釋 "I was held up by traffic."(我因交通堵塞而耽擱了)。這表達了超出自己控制範圍的延遲,常用於解釋遲到的理由。
The bank robbery held up traffic for hours.
銀行搶劫事件導致交通堵塞了好幾個小時。
He's always holding up the line because he talks so much.
他總是因為話太多而拖延隊伍。
There was a delay at the construction site that held up our project for weeks.
施工現場的延誤使我們的項目推遲了好幾周。