詞彙精選：withhold的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
v.
保留，扣留，拒絕給予 [T]
例句：
The Nixon Administration deliberately withhold supplies from Israel to make it more tractable in negotiations.
尼克松政府蓄意扣留軍需品不給以色列，以便使它在談判中較爲馴服。
例句：
Financial aid for Britain has been withheld.
向英國提供的經濟援助已經被扣。
隱瞞 [T]
例句：
The witness withheld the details from the judge.
證人對法官隱瞞了細節。
例句：
You will withhold facts from me that I need to know.
有些我需要知道的事實，你卻會隱瞞我。
阻止，阻擋 [T]
例句：
The dam can withhold the pressure of the water.
大壩可以阻擋水的壓力。
例句：
The dam was too weak to withhold the pressure of the rising water.
水壩不夠牢固，抵擋不住水上漲的壓力。
剋制，抑制，忍住 [I,T]
例句：
The reader cannot withhold his interest and admiration.
讀者無法抑制自己的興趣和讚佩。
例句：
We couldn't withhold our laughter.
我們忍不住大笑起來。
二、詞義辨析：
keep,retain,reserve,preserve,conserve,withhold
這些動詞均有“保持，保存”之意。keep最常用詞，指長時間牢固地保持或保存。retain指繼續保持。reserve正式用詞，指爲了將來的用途或其他用途而保存、保留。preserve主要指爲防止損害、變質等而保存。conserve一般指保存自然資源，保全人的精力、力量等。withhold指扣住不放，暗示有阻礙。
三、參考例句：
To withhold truth is to bury gold.
隱瞞真理猶如埋葬黃金。
I have nothing to withhold from you.
我沒有什麼事要對你隱瞞。
We couldn't withhold our laughter.
我們忍不住大笑起來。
Never withhold an apology when it's merited.
該道歉時就道歉。
He tried to withhold the truth from me.
他企圖對我隱瞞真相。
The dam can withhold the pressure of the water.
大壩可以阻擋水的壓力。
Often the authorities would withhold mail out of spite.
有時，當局還常常惡意扣壓信函。
The reader cannot withhold his interest and admiration.
讀者無法抑制自己的興趣和讚佩。
The dam was too weak to withhold the pressure of the rising water.
水壩不夠牢固，抵擋不住水勢上漲的壓力。
Shall I draw back my forehead from his embrace, or withhold my hand from his?
我應該不接受他的擁抱，不讓他吻我的額頭，不與他握手嗎？
