hold at bay

• vi. 牵制

hold at bay的用法和样例：

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. At the moment, Mourinho's defensive scheme funnels everything into Makelele, the Venus in the flytrap.
   如果两前锋灵活扯动，那么切尔西二人组将轻松地被随处牵制。
2. We can't pick our family, and we're sorely limited in the number of them at any rate.
   我们不能选择自己的家庭，而且我们会不同程度的受到家庭的牵制。