1、line up

（使）（某一批人）排成行；（使）列队

The senior leaders lined up behind him in orderly rows.

高级将领整齐有序地在他身后站成几排。

The gym teachers lined us up against the cement walls.

体育老师让我们靠着水泥墙排好。

使（某一批物）排列成行

I would line up my toys on this windowsill and play.

我会把玩具排在这个窗台上来玩。

He finished polishing the cocktail glasses and lined them up behind the bar.

他擦完了鸡尾酒杯，把它们成排摆放在吧台后面。

组织；邀集

She lined up executives, politicians and educators to serve on the board of directors.

她邀请了高管、政坛人物和教育家加入董事会。

Bob Dylan is lining up a two-week UK tour for the New Year.

鲍勃·迪伦正在组织一个为期两周的英国新年巡回演唱会。

支持/反对

Some surprising names have lined up behind the idea.

有些出人意料的名人也在支持这个想法。

We Spaniards have lined up against each other all too often.

我们西班牙人太爱窝里斗了。

2、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。

They have threatened military action but held off until now.

他们扬言要采取军事行动，但一直拖到现在。

（在比赛或竞赛中）抵挡住（对手的挑战）

Between 1987 and 1990, Steffi Graf largely held off Navratilova's challenge for the crown.

1987至1990年间，施特菲·格拉芙基本上抵挡住了纳芙拉蒂洛娃对其冠军地位的挑战。

3、exhaust

使精疲力竭;使疲惫不堪

Don't exhaust him.

不要把他累坏了。

He took to walking long distances in an attempt to physically exhaust himself.

他开始长距离步行，试图耗尽自己的体力。

耗尽;用光

We have exhausted all our material resources.

我们已经耗尽了所有的物资。

They said that food supplies were almost exhausted.

他们说供应的食物几乎快要吃完了。

尾气;废气

the exhaust from a car engine.

汽车发动机排放的尾气

The city's streets are filthy and choked with exhaust fumes.

那座城市的街道肮脏不堪，弥漫着令人窒息的废气。