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拖后腿

拖後腿

tuōhòutuǐ

to impede
to obstruct
to hold back

to hold back; to hinder; to hamper

比喻牵制，阻挠别人或事物不得前进。如：「他这个人唯一不好的地方，就是人前没意见，而背后拖后腿。」也作「拉后腿」、「扯后腿」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

variant of 拖 tuō

to drag
to tow
to trail
to hang down
to mop (the floor)
to delay
to drag on

Related entries

to impede
to delay
variant of 误 wù

to impede
to hold up

to impede
to check
to inhibit
to neutralize

to impede
to hold sb back

to obstruct
to impede

to thwart
to impede

to bind
to yoke
to impede

to control
to curb
to restrict
to impede
to pin down (enemy troops)

to obstruct
to stop up
to heap soil around the roots of a plant

to obstruct
to be a drag on sb
to delay finishing off a job

你擋住了我的路。

You are in my way.

You're in my way.

Source: Tatoeba

to obstruct
to stop up

to obstruct
to hinder
to block
obstruction
hindrance

火山灰阻礙航運。

Volcanic ash disrupted air travel.

Source: Tatoeba

to hinder
to obstruct
to create difficulties

to hinder
to obstruct

我妨碍着你吗？

Am I in your way?

Source: Tatoeba

to resist
to obstruct
to hinder
to keep off
to block (a blow)
to get in the way of
cover
gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)

You get in my way?

Source: Tatoeba

to block sb's path
to obstruct
to flag down (a taxi)

你為什麼只攔下了外國人？

Why did you stop only the foreigners?

Why did you only stop the foreigners?

Source: Tatoeba

to block
to obstruct

to hinder
to obstruct
to block

我礙著你了嗎？

Am I in your way?

Source: Tatoeba

to stop
to obstruct
to bar the way

对方球员在禁区内组成一道防线，试图阻截梅西的射门。

The opposition formed a line in the box to try and block Messi from scoring.

Source: Tatoeba

to thwart
to obstruct (sth)

to stop
to obstruct

to block
to obstruct
to intercept
to interdict

to block
to obstruct
to clog

to resist
to obstruct
to bear responsibility for

to cover (up)
to block
to obstruct
to shade

他用手遮住眼睛。

He covered his eyes with one hand.

Source: Tatoeba

to hinder
to block
to obstruct

to stop
to resist
to obstruct

没有什么可以阻挡，我对自由的向往。

Nothing can keep me from yearning for freedom.

Source: Tatoeba

to block
to hinder
to obstruct

這是個由不分老少、貧富、民主黨、共和黨；黑人、白人、拉丁裔、亞裔、美洲原住民；同性戀、異性戀人；肢障與四體健全者，大家共同訴說的答案。美國民眾向全世界發出訊息，我們絕非一盤散沙，也不是由紅州、藍州拼湊而成的集合體。

It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America.

Source: Tatoeba

to close
to stop up
to shut
to obstruct

他们闭住眼睛。

They shut their eyes.

Source: Tatoeba

square
frame
rule
(legal) case
style
character
standard
pattern
(grammar) case
(classical) to obstruct
to hinder
(classical) to arrive
to come
(classical) to investigate
to study exhaustively

瑪格很激動。

Meg is excited.

Source: Tatoeba

(literary) to hold back
(literary) to restrain; to control (oneself)
to collect; to gather
Taiwan pr. liàn

to hold back
to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance)
to resist
esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc

to resist
to hold back
to stop
to ward off
to withstand

没有男人能够抵挡女人的诱惑。

No man can resist the lure of a woman.

Source: Tatoeba

chóuchúbùqián

to hesitate to move forward
to hesitate
to hold back

to restrain
to check
to hold back

to check
to contain
to hold back
to keep within limits
to constrain
to restrain

我无法遏制住我的怒火。

I couldn't contain my anger.

I couldn't control my anger.

I could not control my anger.

I couldn't hold back my anger.

Source: Tatoeba

to keep
to retain
to have reservations (about sth)
to hold back (from saying sth)
to put aside for later

保留一切權利。

All rights reserved.

Source: Tatoeba

to choke
to stifle
to restrain
to hold back
to hold in (urine)
to hold (one's breath)