1 PHRASAL VERB 推迟;拖延 If you hold off doing something, you delay doing it or delay making a decision about it. 推迟;拖延
SYN put off, delay, postpone, defer
2 PHRASAL VERB (在比赛或竞赛中)抵挡住(对手的挑战) If you hold off a challenge in a race or competition, you do not allow someone to pass you. (在比赛或竞赛中)抵挡住(对手的挑战) [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
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Between 1987 and 1990, Steffi Graf largely held off Navratilova's challenge for the crown. [VERB PREP. noun]
1987至1990年间,施特菲·格拉芙基本上抵挡住了纳芙拉蒂洛娃对其冠军地位的挑战。
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