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持械抢劫 A hold-up is a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables.
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造成延搁的事物;阻碍;障碍 A hold-up is something which causes a delay.
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交通阻塞 A hold-up is the stopping or very slow movement of traffic, sometimes caused by an accident which happened earlier.
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They arrived late due to a motorway hold-up.
他们因高速公路交通堵塞迟到了。
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1. robbery at gunpoint
- synonym： armed robbery，heist，stickup
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2. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
- synonym： delay
