We were _held up_ for half an hour in the traffic and so we arrived late.怎么理解这题?

问题描述:

We were _held up_ for half an hour in the traffic and so we arrived late.怎么理解这题?

hold up 困住了的意思
整句话的意思是
我们被交通困住了半个小时,所以我们迟到了从语法上怎样理解?we主语were held up被动式谓语for half an hour 时间状语in the traffic地点状语and, so 都是连接词,必须只取其一,删掉andwe 主语arrived谓语late状语