hold out

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 词典例句

1. PHRASAL VERB 伸出(手等);递出 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. 
  • 'I'm Nancy Drew,' she said, holding out her hand...

    “我是南希·德鲁,”她伸出手来说。

  • Max held out his cup for a refill.

    马克斯递过杯子来要再续一杯。

2. PHRASAL VERB 坚持要求;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. 
  • I should have held out for a better deal...

    我应该坚持要求更优厚的条件的。

  • He can only hold out a few more weeks.

    他只能再坚持几周了。

3. PHRASAL VERB (对…)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. 
  • He had always believed that kids could sense it when you held out on them.

    他一直相信,如果对孩子有所隐瞒的话,他们能感觉得到。

4. PHRASAL VERB 坚持抵抗;坚决顶住 If you hold out, you manage to resist an enemy or opponent in difficult circumstances and refuse to give in. 
  • The guerrillas were holding out in the Paghman valley...

    游击队员正在帕格曼山谷地区坚持抵抗。

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

    一名犯人仍在监狱的房顶上顽抗。

5. PHRASAL VERB 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. 
  • He still holds out hope that they could be a family again.

    他对他们再次成为一家人仍抱持希望。

Verb

1. thrust or extend out;

  • "He held out his hand"
  • "point a finger"
  • "extend a hand"
  • "the bee exserted its sting"

2. stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

3. last and be usable;

  • "This dress wore well for almost ten years"

4. wait uncompromisingly for something desirable;

  • "He held out for the dessert and did not touch the cheeses"

5. continue to live; endure or last;

  • "We went without water and food for 3 days"
  • "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"
  • "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"
1. I hope this good weather will hold out for another week.
我希望这好天气能再持续一个星期。

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2. The doctors could hold out no hope of his recovery.
医生们对他的痊愈失望了。

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3. The rescue team hoped the men on the boat could hold out till they arrived.
救护队希望船上的人能坚持到他们到达。

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4. We can't hold out against industrialization any longer.
我们不能再拒绝工业化了。

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5. We must hold out till victory.
我们必须坚持到胜利。

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6. We must hold out. We mustn't be frightened by the difficulties.
我们必须顶住,不能被困难吓倒。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7. When you don't hold an office, you don't need to consider the policies.; Out of position, out of administration.
不在其位,不谋其政。

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8. He spreads his arms out as if to hold the whole world.
他张开双臂,似乎要拥抱整个世界。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9. We hold similar views on this issue, but out of different considerations.
我们在这个问题上观点相同,但出发点不一样。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》