If you withhold something that someone wants, you do not let them have it.
例句
Police withheld the dead boy's name yesterday until relatives could be told...警方昨天拒絕在通知親屬前透露死亡男孩的姓名。Financial aid for Britain has been withheld...向英國提供的經濟援助已經被扣。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
扣留, 保留; 拒絕給予
I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract.他們履行合同后, 我才付款。There was no school play because the principal withheld his consent.由于校長沒同意, 學校里沒有舉行比賽。
英英詞典釋義
Verb
1. hold back; refuse to hand over or share;
"The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
2. retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments;