第12题: [单项选择]In the sentence “Women were being taken to lifeboats and men held back at gunpoint" (paragraph 4) the phrase “hold back” has the meaning of ______. A. keep back B. keep up C. keep on D. keep to 参考答案:A 答案解析:[详细解答] 主要考察几个短语的意思。这里hold back意为“阻止”。