withhold sth
常用于正式语境，指故意不给予或保留某物。
The company decided to withhold payment.
公司决定扣留付款。
隐瞒；不透露；拒绝给予
withheld — past of withhold · irregular form
扣留；拒不交出；克制；忍住；抑制；扣留(已获得的实物)不归还给所有者。；隐瞒(信息、同意等)不透露。；克制,忍住。
to keep information, permission, etc. from being given or made known; to refuse to tell or grant
扣留(已获得的实物)不归还给所有者。
To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.
隐瞒(信息、同意等)不透露。
To keep (information, assent etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
克制,忍住。
To stay back, to refrain.
一般现在时
She always withholds important information from her team.
她总是对团队隐瞒重要信息。
一般过去时
He withheld his taxes last year.
他去年扣留了税款。
现在完成时
The company has withheld payment for the service.
公司已拒付服务费用。
不规则动词，过去式和过去分词同形
The witnesses withheld several key details during the trial.
证人们庭审时隐瞒了几个关键细节。
用法提示：withheld是withhold的过去式，意为“隐瞒”，后接被隐瞒的事物作宾语。
The manager withheld his approval because the proposal was incomplete.
由于提案不完整，经理没有批准。
用法提示：withheld在这里表示“拒绝给予”，宾语为approval，意为批准。
She is withholding her comments until the report is officially released.
她暂缓发表评论，直到报告正式发布。
用法提示：withholding是现在分词，表示“保留、不发表”意见，与until引导的时间状语连用。
常用于正式语境，指故意不给予或保留某物。
The company decided to withhold payment.
公司决定扣留付款。
表示对某人或某机构不提供应给之物。
She withheld the information from her boss.
她对老板隐瞒了信息。
较少用，常见于文学作品。
He could not withhold from laughing.
他忍不住笑了出来。
较口语化，侧重不给予
强调阻止给予或前进
更正式，侧重继续拥有
强调自觉忍住
侧重施加约束
grammar · medium
易错句子The company withholded the bonus.
正确表达The company withheld the bonus.
withhold的过去式是不规则形式withheld，不是规则加-ed。
grammar · medium
易错句子He withheld from the truth.
正确表达He withheld the truth.
表达'隐瞒真相'时，withhold是及物动词，直接接宾语the truth，不需要介词from。
withhold指拒绝给予，强调阻止对方获得；withdraw指撤回或取出，强调自己收回或取消。
withhold强调拒绝给予（不放手），retain强调继续拥有（不失去）。
withhold意为拒绝给予或扣留，uphold意为支持或维持原判，拼写相近但含义相反。
隐瞒信息
The company was accused of withholding information from its shareholders.
该公司被指控向股东隐瞒信息。
拒绝付款
They decided to withhold payment until the work was completed satisfactorily.
他们决定在工程满意完成之前拒绝付款。
拒绝同意
The parent withheld consent for the child to participate in the trip.
家长拒绝同意孩子参加此次旅行。
暂不评判
It is wise to withhold judgment until all the facts are known.
在了解所有事实之前暂不评判是明智的。
代扣税款
Employers are required to withhold tax from employees' wages.
雇主必须从雇员工资中代扣税款。
withhold payment 指扣留付款，常见于合同或税务场景。
withhold tax 指预扣税款，雇主从工资中扣除税款。
withhold information 指隐瞒信息，常见于调查或沟通中。
withhold judgment 指暂不下判断，常用于审慎决策。
与 withhold 相反，但经常在同一话题中讨论信息的公开与保留。
保留判断
We should withhold judgment until we have all the facts.
我们应该在掌握所有事实之前保留判断。
隐瞒真相
He decided to withhold the truth from his parents.
他决定对父母隐瞒真相。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.