1.hold off推迟；拖延

The hospital staff held off taking Rosenbaum in for an X-ray...
医院工作人员推迟了罗森鲍姆的X光检查Tt&]vG*KzuA-hn=5O。

2.shake off摆脱

Businessmen are trying to shake off habits learned under six decades of a protected economy...
商人们正努力改掉60年来在保护主义经济下所养成的那些习惯FQTMcDXY1p#H|D]@umpi。

3.prepare to do准备
He had to go back to his hotel and prepare to catch a train for New York.
他不得不回到酒店，准备赶火车去纽约YNmT%JP)eLv%k;;XVVY。