be held up

基本解释

Traders here say that it would be extremely difficult to find other sources of the minerals if shipments continue to be held up.
贸易商们表示，如果出口继续被终止，找到此类矿产的其他货源是极其困难的。
Get it now if you can, but don't be held up by the lack of info.
如果你行就去收集吧，但是不要被信息缺乏而停滞不前。
As things are at present, the publication of some good works may be held up for many years. This binds us hand and foot.
现在有的著作按目前的出版情况，要许多年才能印出来，这样就把自己捆死了。

When they were tired or wanted to be held they cried out in tiny voices and reached up with their little arms.
That is a remarkable endeavor and one that I think in the early 21st century which is too much defined by religious conflict should very much be held up and lived out.
这是巨大的努力,我认为这种努力也是,过多得被宗教冲突定义的21世纪初期,应该坚持并实现的努力。
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"If we let people just do what they want to do and not be held accountable, that is opening up the doors to torture and abuse."

Concerns that the transaction would be held up had caused Morgan Stanley's share price to dive.
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