"holdup" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 搶劫
• 意外延誤

Definition

“holdup”指的是用武器威脅他人搶劫財物的犯罪行為，也可以指事情出現意外延誤或阻礙進展的情況。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“holdup”是非正式詞。主要用於指武裝搶劫，新聞或犯罪報導常見；口語中則可泛指任何突發延誤（如“traffic holdup”指交通阻塞）。不要與“hold up”（片語動詞）混淆。

Examples

There was a holdup at the bank yesterday.

昨天銀行發生了一起**搶劫**。

Sorry for the holdup—my bus was late.

不好意思讓你**等了**——我的公車晚點了。

The traffic holdup made us late for the movie.

交通**堵塞**讓我們去看電影都遲到了。

The holdup lasted only two minutes, but everyone was terrified.

這場**搶劫**只持續了兩分鐘，但大家都很害怕。

We’re running late because of a holdup on the highway.

因為高速公路上的**延誤**，我們晚到了。

That paperwork was a real holdup for our project.

那堆文件真的讓我們的項目**拖延**了。