| 单词 | hold |
| 释义 | holdholdsheldholdingholdhold1 /həʊld $ hoʊld/ verb (past tense and past participle held /held/)1have something in your hands [transitive] to have something in your handshold somebody/something in your hands/armsShe held a baby in her arms.holdarm她怀里抱着一个婴儿。two lovers holding hands (=holding each other’s hands)loverholdhand手拉着手的一对恋人hold somebody/something close/tightly etcHe held her tightly.hold他紧紧地搂着她。 2keep something in position [transitive] to make something stay in a particular positionhold something up/out etcHe held out his hand in greeting.holdgreet他伸出手打招呼。The police tried to hold the crowd back.try警察想挡住人群。We used a brick to hold the door open.use我们用一块砖头挡门﹐让它开着。I used glue to hold the photos in place.usephoto我用胶水把照片贴好。3meeting/election [transitive] to have a meeting, ceremony, election etc: The President will hold talks with the Russian leader.talk总统将与俄罗斯领导人会谈。4have/possess [transitive] to have or possess something: Do you hold a British passport?你持有英国护照吗？Sheila held the post of Director for three years.holdyear希拉担任了三年主管职位。Who holds the world record?hold谁保持着这项世界纪录？5keep for later use [transitive] to keep something so that it can be used or made available later: We can hold your flight reservations for three days.reservationday你的航班预订我们可以保留三天。Our records are held on computer.recordbehold我们的记录都保存在电脑里。6keep somebody prisoner [transitive] to keep someone in a place so they cannot leavehold somebody prisoner/hostage/captiveA journalist is being held hostage.bebehold一名记者被扣押为人质。7have enough space [transitive] to have enough space to contain a particular amount: The hall holds up to 800 guests.holdguest这个大厅能容纳多达 800 名客人。8support [intransitive and transitive] to be strong enough to support something: The bridge might not hold our weight.这座桥可能承受不住我们的重量。9opinion/view hold an opinion/view formal to have an opinion: I hold the view that all children should learn a foreign language.childshall我认为所有儿童都应该学一门外语。10wait (also hold the line) [transitive] if you ask someone on the telephone to hold, you are asking them to wait until the person they want to speak to is available THESAURUS wait11still be true [transitive] if something still holds, it is still true: Does your invitation for lunch still hold?do你中午请吃饭还算数吗？ ➔ hold somebody to ransom at ransomPhraseshold sb’s attention/interest to make someone feel interested: She didn’t manage to hold the children’s interest.child她无法使孩子们保持兴趣。hold your breath to deliberately not breathe for a short time: How long can you hold your breath underwater?你在水里能憋气多长时间？hold your fire to not attack or criticize someone, when you had planned to: The army held fire until the enemy was about 200 yards away.holdbeyard部队按兵不动，直到敌人离他们大约200码才开火。hold it/hold on spoken used to tell someone to wait: Hold on a minute, I’m just coming!come等一会儿﹐我马上就来！hold your own (against somebody) to be as good at something as other people: Although I’m nearly 50, I can still hold my own against many younger cyclists.youngcyclist虽然我已年近50，但我仍然能与很多较年轻的自行车手一争高下。hold somebody responsible/liable (for something) to believe that someone is responsible for something: The retailer will be held responsible for any faults in the product.holdfault零售商要为产品的任何缺陷负责。hold water if a reason or argument does not hold water, it does not seem true or reasonable: His explanation of where the money came from just doesn’t hold water.come他对于钱从哪来的解释压根站不住脚。be left holding the baby British English, be left holding the bag American English if you are left holding the baby, you have to deal with a difficult situation alone: My boss just went off on holiday, and as usual I was left holding the baby.gobeleavehold老板刚去度假了，照例又把事情往我身上一搁。THESAURUS: holdhold to have something in your hands or arms: He was holding a bunch of flowers.beholdflower Do you want to hold the baby?grip to hold something very tightly: He gripped the back of the chair.gripJenny gripped the side of the boat to steady herself.gripclutch to hold something tightly, especially because you do not want to drop or lose it: The little girl clutched onto his hand.clutchA man hurried past, clutching his briefcase.hurryclutchgrab to take something in your hand very quickly and suddenly: He grabbed his coat and ran out of the door.grabrunSomeone grabbed my wallet.grabhang on (to something/somebody) to hold something or someone tightly to support yourself: Lucy hung on to the back of the motorbike.hangHang on to me!get/take hold of something to put your hand or hands around something and hold it: I took hold of the handle and pulled as hard as I could.takepullcan She managed to get hold of the side of the boat.managegrasp written to put your hand or hands firmly around something in a determined way: She grasped the lowest branch and pulled herself up into the tree.grasplowpullhug to put your arms around someone to show that you like them very much: They hugged each other and then said goodbye.hugsayPhrasal verbshold something against somebody phrasal verb to not forgive someone for something they did in the pasthold somebody/something ↔ back phrasal verb1to stop yourself from showing a particular feeling: She struggled to hold back the tears.struggletear她竭力忍住眼泪。2to prevent someone from being successful or making progress: He was held back by his lack of English.behold英语不好影响了他的发展。hold something ↔ down phrasal verb1to keep something at a low level: We are holding down prices until 2012.beholdprice我们将抑制价格上涨一直到 2004 年。 2hold down a job to manage to remain in a job for a period of time: He’s never held down a job for more than a month.hold他从未能把一份工作保住一个月以上。hold off phrasal verb1to delay doing somethinghold off doing somethingWe held off making a decision.holdmake我们推迟作出决定。2hold somebody ↔ off to prevent someone from attacking you or coming near you: Police held off reporters while the singer left the hall.holdreporterleave那位歌手离开大厅时警察挡住记者。hold on phrasal verb1spoken to wait for a short time: Hold on, I won’t be long.win等等﹐我不会很久的。2to manage in a difficult or dangerous situation: They had to hold on until the rescue team arrived.havearrive他们必须坚持住﹐直到救援队到达。hold onto something phrasal verb to keep something and not give it to anyone: Most investors are holding onto their shares.investorbeholdshare大多数投资者都保留自己的股票。hold out phrasal verb1to continue to defend yourself or refuse to do somethinghold out againstThe rebels held out against the army for three weeks.rebelholdweek叛乱分子和军队对峙了三个星期。2if a supply of something holds out, there is some left: Water supplies won’t hold out much longer.supplywinlong供水维持不了多久了。hold out for something phrasal verb to refuse to accept less than you asked for: Workers are holding out for more money.workerbehold工人们坚持要求加钱。hold something over somebody phrasal verb to use secret information that you have about someone to control or threaten themhold somebody to something phrasal verb to make someone do what they promised: He offered to help, and I’m going to hold him to it.offergo他主动帮忙﹐我让他说话算数。hold together phrasal verb if a group holds together, or if something holds it together, it stays strong and unitedhold something ↔ togetherIt’s the bad times that have held this family together.timehold是艰苦的日子让这家人团结在一起。hold up somebody/something phrasal verb1hold somebody/something ↔ up to delay someone or something: Sorry we’re late – we were held up in traffic.behold对不起﹐我们迟到了—我们给交通堵塞耽搁了。 2to try to steal money from a shop, bank etc by threatening someone: The clerk is recovering after he was held up at gunpoint.berecoverbehold那名店员经历了持枪抢劫后正在恢复中。 |
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