hold sb. back
拖后腿
drag(one’s feet);be a drag on sb;hold sb back;be a laggard to;hinder sb;impede sb
調(diào)查結(jié)果表明，他的競選伙伴拖了該黨候選人的腿。The surveys found his running mate to be a drag on the Party’s ticket./面臨一成不變的制度～face the drag of a system never given to change/官僚主義～ bureaucratic foot-dragging/拖美國的后腿be a laggard to the US