holdup
n. 攔劫行人的強盜行為; 劫盜; 無理的討價; 停頓
A hold-up is a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables.
A hold-up is something which causes a delay.
A hold-up is the stopping or very slow movement of traffic, sometimes caused by an accident which happened earlier.
They arrived late due to a motorway hold-up.
他們因高速公路交通堵塞遲到了。
1. robbery at gunpoint
2. the act of delaying; inactivity resulting in something being put off until a later time
He is the victim of a masked holdup.
他是一次蒙面搶劫的受害者.
There was a holdup at the Morgan Trust Bank.
摩根信託銀行發生一起搶劫案.
A holdup took place in broad daylight in a crowded street.
一起搶劫案竟在光天化日之下發生在一條熱鬧大街上.
The holdup for now is price.
目前首要解決的是其價格問題.
He was involved in this holdup.
他捲入了這次搶劫案.