hold up [hold ʌp]

例句:

• Did he cause a hold-up at a petrol station?
  来自BBC
• Democrats say arguments against the bill won't hold up.
  民主党人声称反对该议案的论点站不住脚。
  
• They arrived late due to a motorway hold-up.
  他们因高速公路交通堵塞迟到了。
  
• Continuing violence could hold up progress towards reform.
  持续的暴力活动可能会阻延改革的进程。
  
• Can they hold up, their strength, toughness?
  来自NEWYORKER
• Let's not hold up the treatment for that.
  来自NEWYORKER