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单词 hold up
释义
hold uphold-up
hold up
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
  • She held up her hand stiffly. [VERB PREP. noun]

    她直挺挺地举着手。

  • Hold it up so that we can see it. [VERB noun PREP.]

    把它举起来让我们看看。

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
  • Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof. [VERB PREP. noun]

    工厂里四处都立有铁柱支撑着房顶。

  • Her legs wouldn't hold her up. [VERB noun PREP.]

    她双腿都站不住了。

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
  • Why were you holding everyone up?.

    你为什么耽搁了大家?

  • Continuing violence could hold up progress towards reform.

    持续的暴力活动可能会阻延改革的进程。

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]
  • A thief ran off with hundreds of pounds yesterday after holding up a petrol station. [VERB PREP. noun]

    一名窃贼昨天持械抢劫一家加油站后带着数百英镑逃跑了。

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]
  • She said the picture that had appeared in a Sunday newspaper had held her up to ridicule. [V n P to n]

    她说一份周日的报纸上刊登的照片使她备受嘲讽。

  • He had always been held up as an example to the younger ones. [be V-ed P + as]

    他总是被树为弟妹学习的榜样。

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
  • Children's wear is one area that is holding up well in the recession. [VERB PREP.]

    童装是经济衰退中仍然保持良好发展的一个领域。

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
  • I'm not sure if the argument holds up, but it's stimulating. [VERB PREP.]

    我不能肯定该论点是否经得起检验,但它很有新意。

SYN hold water [informal] , be valid, be logical, be credible
8 See also: hold-up 
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(also holdup)Word forms: plural hold-ups
1 N-COUNT 持械抢劫 A hold-up is a situation in which someone is threatened with a weapon in order to make them hand over money or valuables. 持械抢劫
2 N-COUNT 造成延搁的事物;阻碍;障碍 A hold-up is something which causes a delay. 造成延搁的事物;阻碍;障碍
3 N-COUNT 交通阻塞 A hold-up is the stopping or very slow movement of traffic, sometimes caused by an accident which happened earlier. 交通阻塞
  • They arrived late due to a motorway hold-up.

    他们因高速公路交通堵塞迟到了。

SYN delay, wait, hitch, trouble
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