hold-up

柯林斯词典

hold up (holding,held,holds)

• 1. PHRASAL VERB If you hold up your hand or something you have in your hand, you move it upward into a particular position and keep it there. 擧起

  She held up her hand stiffly. 她僵硬地擧起手來。

• 2. PHRASAL VERB If one thing holds up another, it is placed under the other thing in order to support it and prevent it from falling. 支撐

  Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof. 工廠裡到処都有鉄柱子支撐著屋頂。

• 3. PHRASAL VERB To hold up a person or process means to make them late or delay them. 耽擱

  Why were you holding everyone up?

  你爲什麽要耽擱大家？

• 4. PHRASAL VERB 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. 持械搶劫

  When his money was gone he held up a petrol station with a toy gun. 他把錢花光後，就用一把玩具槍搶劫了一家加油站。

• 5. PHRASAL VERB 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. 擧出…作爲褒貶的對象

  He had always been held up as an example to the younger ones. 他縂是被樹立爲弟妹們學習的榜樣。

• 6. PHRASAL VERB If something such as a type of business holds up in difficult conditions, it stays in a reasonably good state. (在逆境中) 保持良好狀況

  Children's wear is one area that is holding up well in the recession. 在經濟衰退期間，童裝是持續銷售良好的一個領域。

• 7. PHRASAL VERB If an argument or theory holds up, it is true or valid, even after close examination. (論據或理論等) 經受得住檢騐

  I'm not sure if the argument holds up, but it's stimulating. 我不能確定這一論點能否經得住推敲，但是它卻很令人興奮。

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