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。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. the act of deducting from an employee's salary
2. income tax withheld from employees' wages and paid directly to the government by the employer
3. the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control;
"I resented his withholding permission""there were allegations of the withholding of evidence"