The boys asked him to join them in their game of ball, but he heldaloof.
孩子们邀他一起打球,可是他拒不参加。
2
The local gentry and professional classes had heldaloof for the school had accepted their sons readily enough.
因为学校非常乐意地接收了他们的孩子,所以当地的贵族和职业阶层都保持着冷漠超然的态度。
3
The household was split up into two hostile camps, which heldaloof from one another, and only now came together in his presence, abandoning their ordinary habits on his account.