【句子】What's the hold-up with you?   【Desperate Housewives S2E8】

【发音】/ˈwɒts/ /ˈwɑːts/ /ðə/ /ˈhəʊld.ʌp/ /wɪð/ /ju:/

【发音技巧】hold-up连读；with you连读；

【翻译】你们怎么停下来了？

【适用场合】

在英文中，有一个动词短语，叫做hold up，可以理解成：

to delay someone or something；to cause a delay;

拖延某个人/某个事情；造成拖延；

eg: Traffic was held up for several hours by the accident.

那次事故使交通堵塞了好几个小时。

eg: The train was held up by bad weather.

火车因恶劣天气而晚点。

eg: What's holding you up? We need to leave soon.

什么事耽搁了你？我们得马上就走。

这个动词短语，可以加上连字符变成名词：hold-up，意思其实就是a delay，“拖延”的意思；

eg: Come on, let's go. What's the hold-up?

快点儿，咱们走吧？磨蹭什么呀？

eg: We should finish by tonight, barring hold-ups.

倘若没有延误，我们应该在今晚完工。

eg: Sorry I'm late. There was a hold-up on the motorway.

对不起，我来晚了。高速公路上发生了交通堵塞。

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Don't hold up the line - have your ticket ready.