Both Executive and Congress held it aloof.

行政部门和国会都对它置之不理。

She held aloof, but was not afraid of them.

她高高在上， 却并不惧怕他们。

She held aloof from her uncle and, indeed, from everyone else in the house.

她远离她的叔叔， 事实上，远离房子里的其他人。

'Then why did you hold aloof'?

‘那你为什么高高在上’？

'Well, I will hold aloof till it is all over'.

“好吧，我会保持冷静，直到一切都结束”。

He tried to hold aloof a little—but not too much so.

他试图保持冷漠一点——但不要太过分。

And yet, in spite of the killing pace and the stony track, who but the sluggard or the dolt can hold aloof from the course?

然而，尽管速度惊人，赛道崎岖不平，但除了懒汉或傻瓜，还有谁能远离赛道呢？

So he held aloof, not from a sense of superiority, but as an ordinary man with a few independent ideas, who did not wish to ruin himself or others in vain.

所以他高高在上， 并不是出于优越感， 而是作为一个有几分独立思想的普通人， 不想白白毁了自己， 毁了别人。