1 PHRASAL VERB 举起;抬起;提起 If you hold up your hand or something you have in your hand, you move it upwards into a particular position and keep it there. 举起;抬起;提起
SYN display, show, exhibit, flourish
2 PHRASAL VERB 支撑;支承 If one thing holds up another, it is placed under the other thing in order to support it and prevent it from falling. 支撑;支承
SYN support, prop, brace, bolster
3 PHRASAL VERB 耽搁;阻延 To hold up a person or process means to make them late or delay them. →see usage note at: cancel 耽搁;阻延
4 PHRASAL VERB 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. 持械抢劫 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
SYN rob, mug [informal] , stick up [slang , mainly US] , waylay
5 PHRASAL VERB 举出…作为批评(或赞扬)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. 举出…作为批评(或赞扬)的对象 [Also V n P + as]
6 PHRASAL VERB 维持;保持良好 If something such as a type of business holds up in difficult conditions, it stays in a reasonably good state. 维持;保持良好
SYN last, survive, endure, bear up
7 PHRASAL VERB (论点、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. (论点、理论等)经受得住检验
SYN hold water [informal] , be valid, be logical, be credible
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