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...警方昨天拒绝在通知亲属前透露死亡男孩的姓名。Financial aid for Britain has been withheld...向英国提供的经济援助已经被扣。
英汉词典释义
vt.
扣留, 保留; 拒绝给予
I withheld payment until they had fulfilled the contract.他们履行合同后, 我才付款。There was no school play because the principal withheld his consent.由于校长没同意, 学校里没有举行比赛。
英英词典释义
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;