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我们对入侵之敌采取牵制的方针, 以备组织好兵力将之击退. Until we'd built up sufficient forces to drive the invaders back, we pursued a policy of containment.
前来增援的装甲部队受到空袭的牵制。 Armour coming up in support was tied down by air strikes.
如果这匹马不受牵制, 它就会跳过篱笆。 If the horse had not been held in, he would have cleared the fence.