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hold

英  [həʊld]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    CONVENTION. 习惯表达

  • hold it

    1. 停下

    If you say 'Hold it', you are telling someone to stop what they are doing and to wait.

    近义词

    stop

    双语例句

    例：

    Hold it! Don't move!

    停下！别动！

    NOUN. 名词

  • holds

    1. [C 可数名词] 拿 , 托住

    If you have a hold on something, you carry or support it, using your hands or your arms.

    双语例句

    例：

    He released his hold on the camera.

    他松手放开了照相机。

    2. [U 不可数名词] 抓住

    Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of, catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling.

    双语例句

    例：

    I was woken up by someone grabbing hold of my sleeping bag.

    有人抓住我的睡袋把我弄醒了。

    例：

    A doctor and a nurse caught hold of his arms.

    一名医生和一名护士抓住了他的双臂。

    3. [C 可数名词] 按住（使某人不得动弹）

    A hold is a particular way of keeping someone in a position using your own hands, arms, or legs.

    双语例句

    例：

    The man wrestled the Indian to the ground, locked in a hold he couldn't escape.

    那人把印第安人摔倒在地，并将他死死按住，使他无法逃脱。

    4. [C 可数名词] （船、飞机等的）货舱

    In a ship or aeroplane, a hold is a place where cargo or luggage is stored.

    双语例句

    例：

    A fire had been reported in the cargo hold.

    据报告货舱失火了。

    5. [SING 单数型名词] 对…有控制的力量

    If you have a hold over someone, you have power or control over them, for example because you know something about them you can use to threaten them or because you are in a position of authority.

    双语例句

    例：

    He had ordered his officers to keep an exceptionally firm hold over their men.

    他已经命令军官们要对他们的下属保持极为严格的控制。

    PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

  • hold against

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 因…而责怪

    If you hold something against someone, you let their actions in the past influence your present attitude towards them and cause you to deal severely or unfairly with them.

    双语例句

    例：

    Bernstein lost the case, but never held it against Grundy.

    伯恩斯坦输掉了官司，但从未因此而对格伦迪有所怨恨。

  • hold back

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] （使）犹豫

    If you hold back or if something holds you back, you hesitate before you do something because you are not sure whether it is the right thing to do.

    双语例句

    例：

    The Bush administration had several reasons for holding back.

    布什政府的犹豫不决有几个原因。

    2. [PHRASAL 短语] 阻止

    To hold someone or something back means to prevent someone from doing something, or to prevent something from happening.

    近义词

    inhibit

    双语例句

    例：

    Stagnation in home sales is holding back economic recovery.

    住房销售的停滞正阻碍着经济的复苏。

    3. [PHRASAL 短语] 储存

    If you hold something back, you keep it in reserve to use later.

    双语例句

    例：

    Farmers apparently hold back produce in the hope that prices will rise.

    农场主们囤积农产品显然是希望价格会上涨。

    4. [PHRASAL 短语] 隐瞒

    If you hold something back, you do not include it in the information you are giving about something.

    双语例句

    例：

    You seem to be holding something back.

    你好像在隐瞒什么。

    5. [PHRASAL 短语] 克制住（泪水或笑声等）

    If you hold back something such as tears or laughter, or if you hold back, you make an effort to stop yourself from showing how you feel.

    双语例句

    例：

    She kept trying to hold back her tears.

    她一直在试图忍住不掉眼泪。

  • hold down

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 保住（工作或地位）

    If you hold down a job or a place on a team, you manage to keep it.

    双语例句

    例：

    He never could hold down a job.

    他从来就保不住自己的工作。

    2. [PHRASAL 短语] 压制

    If you hold someone down, you keep them under control and do not allow them to have much freedom or power or many rights.

    双语例句

    例：

    Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation.

    人人都认为有个要压制年轻一代的大阴谋。

  • hold off

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 推迟

    If you hold off doing something, you delay doing it or delay making a decision about it.

    双语例句

    例：

    The hospital staff held off taking Rosenbaum in for an X-ray.

    医院工作人员推迟了让罗森鲍姆做X光检查的时间。

    2. [PHRASAL 短语] （在比赛中或竞争中）抵挡住

    If you hold off a challenge in a race or competition, you do not allow someone to pass you.

    双语例句

    例：

    Between 1987 and 1990, Steffi Graf largely held off Navratilova's challenge for the crown.

    1987到1990年期间，施特菲•格拉芙很大程度上抵挡住了纳芙拉蒂洛娃的夺冠挑战。

  • hold on , hold onto

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 握住

    If you hold on, or hold onto something, you keep your hand on it or around it, for example to prevent the thing from falling or to support yourself.

    双语例句

    例：

    His right arm was extended up beside his head, still holding on to a coffee cup.

    他的右臂向头的一侧伸开，手上还紧紧握着一只咖啡杯。

    例：

    He was struggling to hold onto a rock on the face of the cliff.

    他拼命挣扎着去抓悬崖壁上的一块岩石。

    2. [PHRASAL 短语] 坚持不懈

    If you hold on, you manage to achieve success or avoid failure in spite of great difficulties or opposition.

    双语例句

    例：

    The Danes held on to defeat the Swedish side.

    丹麦队坚持不懈，击败了瑞典队。

    3. [PHRASAL 短语] 稍等片刻

    If you ask someone to hold on, you are asking them to wait for a short time.

    近义词

    hang on

    双语例句

    例：

    The manager asked him to hold on while he investigated.

    经理让他稍等一会，他去调查一下。

  • hold out

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 伸出（手或手里的东西）

    If you hold out your hand or something you have in your hand, you move your hand away from your body, for example to shake hands with someone.

    双语例句

    例：

    'I'm Nancy Drew,' she said, holding out her hand.

    “我是南希·德鲁”，她边说边伸出手来。

    2. [PHRASAL 短语] 拒绝妥协

    If you hold out for something, you refuse to accept something which you do not think is good enough or large enough, and you continue to demand more.

    双语例句

    例：

    I should have held out for a better deal.

    我本应坚持要求更好的条件。

    3. [PHRASAL 短语] 隐瞒（信息）

    If you say that someone is holding out on you, you think that they are refusing to give you information that you want.

    双语例句

    例：

    He had always believed that kids could sense it when you held out on them.

    他一直认为，如果对孩子们有所隐瞒的话，他们是能够感觉得到的。

    4. [PHRASAL 短语] 坚持抵抗

    If you hold out, you manage to resist an enemy or opponent in difficult circumstances and refuse to give in.

    双语例句

    例：

    One prisoner was still holding out on the roof of the jail.

    一名囚犯仍在监狱的屋顶上拒不投降。

    5. [PHRASAL 短语] 寄予（希望）

    If you hold out hope of something happening, you hope that in the future something will happen as you want it to.

    双语例句

    例：

    He still holds out hope that they could be a family again.

    他仍然希望他们能够再次成为一家人。

  • hold up

    1. [PHRASAL 短语] 举起

    If you hold up your hand or something you have in your hand, you move it upward into a particular position and keep it there.

    双语例句

    例：

    She held up her hand stiffly.

    她僵硬地举起手来。

    2. [PHRASAL 短语] 支撑

    If one thing holds up another, it is placed under the other thing in order to support it and prevent it from falling.

    双语例句

    例：

    Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof.

    工厂里到处都有铁柱子支撑着屋顶。

    3. [PHRASAL 短语] 耽搁

    To hold up a person or process means to make them late or delay them.

    近义词

    delay

    双语例句

    例：

    Why were you holding everyone up?

    你为什么要耽搁大家？

    4. [PHRASAL 短语] 站得住脚（同）hold）

    Hold up means the same as hold.

    双语例句

    例：

    Democrats say arguments against the bill won't hold up.

    民主党人说，反对这项议案的论点站不住脚。

    5. [PHRASAL 短语] 持械抢劫

    If someone holds up a place such as a bank or a shop, they point a weapon at someone there to make them give them money or valuable goods.

    近义词

    rob

    双语例句

    例：

    When his money was gone he held up a filling station with a toy gun.

    他把钱花光后，就用一把玩具枪抢劫了一家加油站。

    6. [PHRASAL 短语] 举出…作为褒贬的对象

    If you hold up something such as someone's behaviour, you make it known to other people, so that they can criticize or praise it.

    双语例句

    例：

    He had always been held up as an example to the younger ones.

    他总是被树立为弟妹们学习的榜样。

    7. [PHRASAL 短语] （在逆境中）保持良好状况

    If something such as a type of business holds up in difficult conditions, it stays in a reasonably good state.

    双语例句

    例：

    Children's wear is one area that is holding up well in the recession.

    在经济衰退期间，童装是持续销售良好的一个领域。

    8. [PHRASAL 短语] （论据或理论等）经受得住检验

    If an argument or theory holds up, it is true or valid, even after close examination.

    近义词

    stand up

    双语例句

    例：

    I'm not sure if the argument holds up, but it's stimulating.

    我不能确定这一论点能否经得住推敲，但是它却很令人兴奋。

    PHRASE. 习语

  • hold forth

    1. （尤指当众）滔滔不绝地说

    If you hold forth on a subject, you speak confidently and for a long time about it, especially to a group of people.

    双语例句

    例：

    Barry was holding forth on something.

    巴里正滔滔不绝地说着什么。

  • hold your own

    1. （面对攻击或反对等）顶住

    If you hold your own, you are able to resist someone who is attacking or opposing you.

    双语例句

    例：

    The Frenchman held his own against the challenger.

    那个法国人顶住了挑战者的攻击。

    2. 与…相匹敌

    If you can do something well enough to hold your own, you do not appear foolish when you are compared with someone who is generally thought to be very good at it.

    双语例句

    例：

    She can hold her own against almost any player.

    她几乎能与所有选手相匹敌。

  • hold still

    1. 不动

    If you hold still, you do not move.

    双语例句

    例：

    Can't you hold still for a second?

    你一秒钟不动都不行吗？

  • hold tight

    1. 抓牢

    If you hold tight, you put your hand around or against something in order to prevent yourself from falling over. A bus driver might say 'Hold tight!' to you if you are standing on a bus when it is about to move.

    近义词

    hang on

    双语例句

    例：

    He held tight to the rope.

    他紧紧抓住绳子。

    2. 不轻易行动

    If you hold tight, you do not immediately start a course of action that you have been planning or thinking about.

    双语例句

    例：

    The advice for individual investors is to hold tight.

    给个人投资者的建议是不要轻举妄动。

  • get hold of something

    1. （通常指克服困难后）获得

    If you get hold of an object or information, you obtain it, usually after some difficulty.

    双语例句

    例：

    It is hard to get hold of guns in this country.

    在这个国家很难弄到枪。

  • get hold of someone

    1. 设法与…联络

    If you get hold of someone, you manage to contact them.

    双语例句

    例：

    The only electrician we could get hold of was miles away.

    我们唯一能够联络上的电工在几英里之外。

  • on hold

    1. 推迟

    If you put something on hold, you decide not to do it, deal with it, or change it now, but to leave it until later.

    双语例句

    例：

    He put his retirement on hold to work 16 hours a day, seven days a week to find a solution.

    为了找到一个解决方案，他推迟了退休，每周工作7天，每天工作16小时。

  • take hold

    1. 完全控制（某人或某物）

    If something takes hold, it gains complete control or influence over a person or thing.

    双语例句

    例：

    She felt a strange excitement taking hold of her.

    她感到一种奇怪的兴奋感控制住了自己。

    VERB. 动词

  • holds , holding , held

    1. [T 及物动词] 拿着 , 托住

    When you hold something, you carry or support it, using your hands or your arms.

    双语例句

    例：

    Hold the knife at an angle.

    斜握着刀。

    2. [T 及物动词] （常因想表示喜爱和安慰而）抱住

    When you hold someone, you put your arms around them, usually because you want to show them how much you like them or because you want to comfort them.

    双语例句

    例：

    If only he would hold her close to him.

    他要是紧紧抱住她就好了。

    3. [T 及物动词] 按住 , 使不动

    If you hold someone in a particular position, you use force to keep them in that position and stop them from moving.

    双语例句

    例：

    He then held the man in an armlock until police arrived.

    然后他反扣住那人的手臂，直到警察赶来。

    4. [T 及物动词] （常指因疼痛而）捂住

    When you hold a part of your body, you put your hand on or against it, often because it hurts.

    双语例句

    例：

    Soon she was crying bitterly about the pain and was holding her throat.

    不一会儿她就疼得捂着喉咙哭了。

    5. [T 及物动词] 使（自己身体某部位）保持某种姿势

    When you hold a part of your body in a particular position, you put it into that position and keep it there.

    双语例句

    例：

    Hold your hands in front of your face.

    把双手放在面前。

    6. [T 及物动词] 使…保持（在某位置）不动

    If one thing holds another in a particular position, it keeps it in that position.

    双语例句

    例：

    the wooden wedge which held the heavy door open.

    撑开这扇厚门的木楔。

    7. [T 及物动词] 存放

    If one thing is used to hold another, it is used to store it.

    近义词

    store

    双语例句

    例：

    Two knife racks hold her favourite knives.

    两个刀架上放着她最喜爱的刀。

    8. [T 及物动词] 储备 , 储存

    If a place holds something, it keeps it available for reference or for future use.

    双语例句

    例：

    The Better Business Bureau holds an enormous amount of information on any business problem.

    商业信用局存储着有关任何商务问题的大量信息。

    9. [T 及物动词] 容纳得下

    If something holds a particular amount of something, it can contain that amount.

    双语例句

    例：

    One CD-ROM disk can hold over 100,000 pages of text.

    一张CD光盘能容纳10万多页的文字资料。

    10. [T 及物动词] 持有（观点或信念等）

    Hold is used with words and expressions indicating an opinion or belief, to show that someone has a particular opinion or believes that something is true.

    双语例句

    例：

    He held firm opinions which usually conflicted with my own.

    他持有坚定的观点，通常都与我的观点相左。

    例：

    Current thinking holds that obesity is more a medical than a psychological problem.

    目前的观点认为，肥胖更多是生理健康问题而不是心理健康问题。

    11. [T 及物动词] 有（可怕、神秘的）特质

    Hold is used with words such as 'fear' or 'mystery' to indicate someone's feelings towards something, as if those feelings were a characteristic of the thing itself.

    双语例句

    例：

    Death doesn't hold any fear for me.

    死亡对我来说没什么可怕的。

    12. [T 及物动词] 担任（职务） , 掌握（权力） , 承担（责任）

    Hold is used with nouns such as 'office', 'power', and 'responsibility' to indicate that someone has a particular position of power or authority.

    双语例句

    例：

    She has never held an elected office.

    她从未担任过由选举产生的职务。

    13. [T 及物动词] 持有（许可证、学位证、票据等）

    Hold is used with nouns such as 'permit', 'degree', or 'ticket' to indicate that someone has a particular document that allows them to do something.

    双语例句

    例：

    Applicants should normally hold a good degree.

    申请人通常应拥有优秀学位。

    例：

    He did not hold a firearms licence.

    他没有持枪许可证。

    14. [T 及物动词] 举行（聚会、会议、会谈、选举和审判等）

    Hold is used with nouns such as 'party', 'meeting', 'talks', 'election', and 'trial' to indicate that people are organizing a particular activity.

    双语例句

    例：

    The country will hold democratic elections within a year.

    该国将在一年之内举行民主选举。

    15. [RECIP 相互动词] 进行（谈话、访谈等）

    Hold is used with nouns such as 'conversation', 'interview', and 'talks' to indicate that two or more people meet and discuss something.

    双语例句

    例：

    The prime minister is holding consultations with his colleagues to finalize the deal.

    首相正和他的同僚进行磋商，以最终敲定这项协议。

    例：

    The engineer and his son held frequent meetings concerning technical problems.

    工程师和他的儿子经常就技术问题进行讨论。

    16. [T 及物动词] 拥有（股份、股票等）

    Hold is used with nouns such as 'shares' to indicate that someone owns a particular proportion of a business.

    双语例句

    例：

    The group said it continues to hold 1,774,687 shares in the company.

    该集团说他们继续持有这家公司1774687股的股份。

    17. [T 及物动词] 吸引住（注意力） , 保持（兴趣）

    Hold is used with nouns such as 'attention' or 'interest' to indicate that what you do or say keeps someone interested or listening to you.

    近义词

    keep

    双语例句

    例：

    If you want to hold someone's attention, look them directly in the eye but don't stare.

    如果你想吸引别人的注意力，就看着他们的眼睛，但不要死盯着看。

    18. [T 及物动词] 让（某人承担责任）

    If you hold someone responsible, liable, or accountable for something, you will blame them if anything goes wrong.

    双语例句

    例：

    It's impossible to hold any individual responsible.

    不可能让任何个人承担责任。

    19. [T 及物动词] 扣留

    If someone holds you in a place, they keep you there as a prisoner and do not allow you to leave.

    双语例句

    例：

    The inside of a van was as good a place as any to hold a kidnap victim.

    厢式小型货车里面像其他地方一样是扣押被绑架者的好地方。

    例：

    Somebody is holding your wife hostage.

    有人在扣留你的妻子当人质。

    20. [T 及物动词] 占据

    If people such as an army or a violent crowd hold a place, they control it by using force.

    双语例句

    例：

    Demonstrators have been holding the square since Sunday.

    自星期天以来，示威者们一直占据着广场。

    21. [I 不及物动词] （打电话时）不挂断

    If you ask someone to hold, or to hold the line, when you are answering a telephone call, you are asking them to wait for a short time, for example so that you can find the person they want to speak to.

    近义词

    hold on

    双语例句

    例：

    Could you hold the line and I'll just get my pen.

    请别挂断，我去拿支笔，好吗？

    22. [T 及物动词] 代接（电话）并留言

    If you hold telephone calls for someone, you do not allow people who phone to speak to that person, but take messages instead.

    双语例句

    例：

    He tells his secretary to hold his calls.

    他让他的秘书代接电话。

    23. [I 不及物动词] 保持在（在一定数值或水平）

    If something holds at a particular value or level, or is held there, it is kept at that value or level.

    双语例句

    例：

    OPEC production is holding at around 21.5 million barrels a day.

    石油输出国组织的石油产量目前保持在每天两千一百五十万桶左右。

    24. [T 及物动词] 持续发出（声音或音符）

    If you hold a sound or musical note, you continue making it.

    双语例句

    例：

    a voice which hit and held every note with perfect ease and clarity.

    非常轻松而清晰地唱出每个音符的歌喉。

    25. [T 及物动词] 延迟 , 推迟

    If you hold something such as a train or a lift, you delay it.

    双语例句

    例：

    A spokesman defended the decision to hold the train until police arrived.

    他的观点很坚定，通常与我的观点相左。

    26. [I 不及物动词] （报价或邀请等）有效

    If an offer or invitation still holds, it is still available for you to accept.

    双语例句

    例：

    Does your offer still hold?

    你的报价仍然有效吗？

    27. [I 不及物动词] （好的状态）保持不变

    If a good situation holds, it continues and does not get worse or fail.

    双语例句

    例：

    Our luck couldn't hold forever.

    我们的好运不可能永远保持不变。

    28. [I 不及物动词] （论点、理论等）站得住脚

    If an argument or theory holds, it is true or valid, even after close examination.

    双语例句

    例：

    Today, most people think that argument no longer holds.

    今天，大多数人认为这个论点不再站得住脚。

    29. [I 不及物动词] （在重压下）支撑住

    If part of a structure holds, it does not fall or break although there is a lot of force or pressure on it.

    双语例句

    例：

    How long would the roof hold?

    这屋顶还能支撑多久？

    30. [I 不及物动词] （法规等）有效

    If laws or rules hold, they exist and remain in force.

    双语例句

    例：

    These laws also hold for universities.

    这些法律同样适用于大学。

    31. [I 不及物动词] 遵守（诺言或高尚的行为准则）

    If you hold to a promise or to high standards of behaviour, you keep that promise or continue to behave according to those standards.

    近义词

    stick to

    双语例句

    例：

    Will the president be able to hold to this commitment?

    总统能恪守这一承诺吗？

    32. [T 及物动词] 使…恪守（诺言或高尚的行为准则）

    If someone or something holds you to a promise or to high standards of behaviour, they make you keep that promise or those standards.

    双语例句

    例：

    'I won't make you marry him.'—'I'll hold you to that.'

    “我不会让你嫁给他的。” “我要你保证说话算话。”

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