hold on 等等、抓住
举例:He held on tight to the rope and climbed down the building. (他紧紧抓住绳子,从楼上爬了下来。)
举例:”Hold on!” I said to him, and pulled out my little dope book. (我对他说:「等一下」并拿出我的小记录本。)
hold off 拖延、推迟
举例:The football match had to hold off for about half an hour because of a driving rain. (一场大雨使足球比赛被迫推迟了半个小时。)
hold up 拦截、阻碍、推举、支撑
举例:They were held up by fog. (他们被雾所阻。)
举例:The criminals held up the train. (罪犯拦截了火车。)
举例:Don’t hold me up as a model husband. (别把我推举为模范丈夫。)
※ Holdup (n.)有持枪抢劫的意思喔!
举例:There was a holdup in the bank this afternoon,but one of the holdup men was arrested on the spot. (今天下午发生了银行劫案,但其中一名劫匪当场被捕。)
hold out 坚持、抱有(希望)
举例: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。)
举例:They held out against enemy for six months. (他们坚持不屈抗击敌人达六个月之久。)
※ Holdout (n.) 坚持
举例:Even France, until recently a holdout, has now proposed to raise the legal retirement age to 62 from 60.(甚至,至今以来一直在坚持着的法国政府,也已经建议将退休年龄由60岁延缓到62岁。)
hold over 延期
举例:You can hold over the matter till next week. (你可以延缓到下星期处理这件事。)
hold against 抱住、因…对(某人)抱有成见
举例:She held the baby against her chest. (她将宝宝抱在胸前。)
举例:She wouldn’t hold it against you that you have let her down once before. (你以前曾使她失望这件事不会使她对你抱有成见。)
※ hold grudge against 记仇
hold onto 紧紧抓住、保持
举例: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。)
举例:Hold onto this paper and use it as motivation when you don’t feel like doing anything. (保存好这张纸,当你不想做任何事情的时候把它作为动力。)
hold back 控制、阻止、退缩
举例:He couldn’t hold back his anger. (他再也控制不住他的怒火。)
举例:Our kids don’t hold back just because they are afraid to fail. They are only afraid of failing us. (我们的孩子不会因为害怕失败而有所退缩,他们只是害怕让我们失望。)
hold down 压制、保住(职位)
举例:You couldn’t hold down the cost of production. (你没能压低生产成本。)
举例:I hope you can hold this case down like David. (我希望你能像大卫那样把这个案子顺利地办好。)
hold to 信守、使遵守(约定等)
举例:We must hold to the principles of justice. (我们必须信守正义的原则。)
举例:Now I have to hold you to your promise. (现在我得要你坚守诺言了。)