经济学人下载:骑自行车的人雷蒙·布里多(2)

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。

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。

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。