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* hold back ? 1) 阻挡，抑制 e.g. No one can hold back the wheel of history. ? 2) 踌躇，退缩 e.g. She held back, not knowing how to break the terrible news. ? 3) 保守，隐瞒 e.g. She held back from telling him what she thought of him. play down : 降低, 贬低, 减弱, 淡化 e.g.1 The government are trying to play down their involvement in the affair. ? e.g.2 She tried to go play down his part in the affair and play up her own. derive v. 1) to get sth. from sth. 取得 e.g. He derived great pleasure from painting.2) vi. (from) to develop or come from something else 起源，衍生 e.g. This word is derived from Latin. be done with: finish, make an end of doing sth. 结束 e.g.1 He is done with the book. e.g.2 She is done with him utterly. e.g.3 What’s done cannot be undone.木已成舟。 pass up: refuse; let go by e.g.1 Mary passed up the dessert because she was on a diet. e.g.2 John was offered a good job in Shanghai, but he passed it up because he didn’t want to move. 1. Mr. Black felt somewhat upset when his wife pulled down $1000 a week. 2. With the increasing number of high-paid women, more and more men will be comfortable with their spouses success. 3. It is a tough problem for career women how to make up for the responsibility to the family that they are supposed to take. 4. In order to comfort the patient, the doctor thought it was wise to play down the serious nature of his illness. 5. It may be hard for a person to adapt to a shift in economic power if his or her self-esteem is derived mostly from a career or income. 6. A survey shows that some problems between husband and wife are connected with traditional ideas. 7. Owing to the traditional idea, some husbands still try hard to hold their wives back from working outside their houses. 8. We should make everybody realize that it is stupid to retaliate by drinking more or having an affair when a person has some problems in life. 9. Ms. Wang was offered a good job in the head office of Hong Kong, but she passe