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hold v.拿着；控制；容纳；握住；持有；保持；掌握；认为；举行n.握住；控制；把握；立足点；延误；影响 (1) 我要你拿着手电筒站在我旁边。(2) 他一直尽力控制自己不发脾气。(3) 新的足球场可以容纳八万人。(4) 我永远都会坚定地握住你的手。(5) 他们对这个问题持有不同的观点。(6) 我担心这样的好天气保持不了多久。(7) 执行权由董事长掌握。(8) 我们认为所有国家都应一律平等。(9) 我们举行宴会庆祝我们的成功。(10) 他们的军队加强了对这一地区的控制。(11) 你得好好把握这个观点。(12) 攀登时,你需要找一个好的立足点来避免摔落。(13) 由于大雾天气,飞机又一次延误了。(14) 他对他弟弟很有影响。 Hold also means to keep from exhaling. If you forget to hold your breath when you go underwater, you're sure to come up sputtering. The noun hold means the cargo area on a ship or airplane. When you check your bag, it's stored in the hold of the plane during the flight. If you packed your book and your snacks in it, it might make more sense to hold onto it instead.

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英 [həʊld] 美 [hoʊld] (1) I want you to stand beside me and hold the torch.(2) He has been trying hard to hold his temper.(3) The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people.(4) I'll always be the one to firmly hold your hands.(5) They hold different views on this matter.(6) I fear that this fine weather won't hold much longer.(7) Executive power is held by the president.(8) We hold that all nations should be equal.(9) We held a party to celebrate our success.(10) Their forces had consolidated their hold on the area.(11) You have to get a good hold of this idea.(12) When you are climbing, you need to find a good hold to prevent you from falling.(13) There was an aeroplane hold again due to the heavy fog.(14) He has a tremendous hold over his younger brother. If you grasp something in your hands, you hold it. Be careful when you hold the puppy — he's so wriggly, and you wouldn't want to drop him! 1. PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORT-ING, OR CONTAINING 身体接触；支承；容纳2. HAVING OR DOING 拥有；做3. CONTROLLING OR REMAINING 控制；保持4. PHRASES 短语5. PHRASAL VERBS 短语动词Part-11[VERB 动词]拿着；握住；托住 When you hold something, you carry or support it, using your hands or your arms.   [V n prep/adv]  [V n]  [usu sing]Hold the knife at an angle...斜握住刀。She is holding her journal and a pen...她手里拿着日记和一支笔。He held the pistol in his right hand...他右手握着手枪。Hold the baby while I load the car.你先抱着孩子，让我把东西装上车。Hold is also a noun.He released his hold on the camera.他松手放开了照相机。2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（紧紧的）拿，握 Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of ,catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling.   [N of n]I was woken up by someone grabbing hold of my sleeping bag...有人猛地抓住了我的睡袋，把我惊醒了。A doctor and a nurse caught hold of his arms...一名医生和一名护士抓住了他的双臂。Mother took hold of the barking dogs by their collars.母亲拉住了那几只吠叫的狗的项圈。3[VERB 动词]（通常为表示喜爱或安慰而）拥抱，抱住 When you hold someone, you put your arms round them, usually because you want to show them how much you like them or because you want to comfort them.   [V n adv]  [Also V n]If only he would hold her close to him.要是他能将她拥入怀中就好了。4[VERB 动词]用力使（某人）不得动弹 If you hold someone in a particular position, you use force to keep them in that position and stop them from moving.   [V n prep]  [V n with adv]  [Also V n]He then held the man in an armlock until police arrived...然后他反扭住那名男子的手臂让他动弹不得，直到警察赶到。I'd got two nurses holding me down.两名护士按着我不让我乱动。5[N-COUNT 可数名词]（使某人不得动弹的）抓住，夹住 A hold is a particular way of keeping someone in a position using your own hands, arms, or legs. ...use of an unauthorized hold on a handcuffed suspect.对戴手铐的嫌疑犯使用非法的擒拿方式6[VERB 动词]（常指疼伤痛而）按住，捂住 When you hold a part of your body, you put your hand on or against it, often because it hurts.   [V n]Soon she was crying bitterly about the pain and was holding her throat.很快她痛得大哭起来，同时用手捂着自己的喉咙。7[VERB 动词]使（身体部位）保持（某种姿势） When you hold a part of your body in a particular position, you put it into that position and keep it there.   [V n prep/adv]  [V-ed]  [Also V n adj]Hold your hands in front of your face...把双手举在面前。He walked at a rapid pace with his back straight and his head held erect.他昂首挺胸地快步而行。8[VERB 动词]把…固定住 If one thing holds another in a particular position, it keeps it in that position.   [V n with adv]  [V n prep]...the wooden wedge which held the heavy door open...卡住沉重的门不让它关上的木楔They used steel pins to hold everything in place.他们用钢钉将所有东西都固定住。9[VERB 动词]存放；盛放；装 If one thing is used to hold another, it is used to store it.   [V n]Two knife racks hold her favourite knives.两个刀架上存放着她最心爱的刀具。...the large cardboard and wooden cases used to hold my new appliances.用来装我新买的家用电器的几个大的纸箱和木箱10[N-COUNT 可数名词]（船、飞机等的）货舱，行李舱 In a ship or aeroplane, a hold is a place where cargo or luggage is stored.   [oft n N]A fire had been reported in the cargo hold.行李舱内报称起火了。11[VERB 动词]储备；储存 If a place holds something, it keeps it available for reference or for future use.   [V n]The Small Firms Service holds an enormous amount of information on any business problem...小型企业服务处备有关于各种商务问题的海量信息。We have reviewed the data that we hold for the area.我们已经审核过为该地区保存的数据了。12[VERB 动词]容纳得下 If something holds a particular amount of something, it can contain that amount.   [V n]  [no cont]The small bottles don't seem to hold much...这些小瓶子好像装不下多少。One CD-ROM disk can hold over 100,000 pages of text.一张光盘可以存储十多万多页的文字资料。13[VERB 动词]大量喝（酒）而不醉 If you can hold your drink, you are able to drink large quantities of alcohol without becoming ill or getting drunk.   [V n]...but you had to be able to hold your liquor.但你得能喝酒才行。14[VERB 动词]（车辆）抓（地） If a vehicle holds the road well, it remains in close contact with the road and can be controlled safely and easily.   [V n adv]  [Also V n]I thought the car held the road really well.我认为这辆车抓地性能真的非常好。15See also:holding；  Part-2Hold is often used to indicate that someone or something has the particular thing, characteristic, or attitude that is mentioned. Therefore it takes most of its meaning from the word that follows it.hold 常用来表示某人或某物具备所提到的某种东西、特征或态度，因此其意义主要视后接之词而定。1[VERB 动词]持有，怀有（观点、信念等） Hold is used with words and expressions indicating an opinion or belief, to show that someone has a particular opinion or believes that something is true.   [V n]  [V that]  [V n in n]  [V-ed]  [no cont]He held firm opinions which usually conflicted with my own...他对自己的观点坚定不移，而这些观点通常和我的相左。He holds certain expectations about the teacher's role...他对教师的角色抱有某些期待。Current thinking holds that obesity is more a medical than a psychological problem...现在的观点认为，肥胖更多的是医学问题而非心理问题。The public, meanwhile, hold architects in low esteem.与此同时，公众对建筑师并不看重。...a widely held opinion.普遍的看法2[VERB 动词]带给人，使人感到（害怕、神秘等） Hold is used with words such as 'fear' or 'mystery' to indicate someone's feelings towards something, as if those feelings were a characteristic of the thing itself.   [V n for n]  [V n]  [no passive]Death doesn't hold any fear for me...死亡对我来说并不可怕。It held more mystery than even the darkest jungle...它甚至比最黑暗的丛林还更令人感到神秘。This approach, more than any other, holds promise for true reform.这一方法比其他任何方法都更让人看到真正改革的希望。3[VERB 动词]担任（职务）；掌握（权力）；负有（责任） Hold is used with nouns such as 'office', 'power', and 'responsibility' to indicate that someone has a particular position of power or authority.   [V n]She has never held ministerial office...她从未担任过部长级职务。I'd seen it before in people who held immense power.我以前曾在掌握大权的人身上看到过这种情况。4[VERB 动词]持有（许可、票证等）；拥有（学位等） Hold is used with nouns such as 'permit', 'degree', or 'ticket' to indicate that someone has a particular document that allows them to do something.   [V n]Applicants should normally hold a good Honours degree...申请人通常应该拥有优秀荣誉学位。He did not hold a firearm certificate...他没有持枪许可。Passengers holding tickets will receive refunds.持票旅客将会得到退款。5[VERB 动词]举行（聚会、会议、会谈、选举、审判等） Hold is used with nouns such as 'party', 'meeting', 'talks', 'election', and 'trial' to indicate that people are organizing a particular activity.   [V n]The country will hold democratic elections within a year...该国将在一年之内举行民主选举。The German sports federation said it would hold an investigation.德国体育联合会称它将进行调查。...the club, which was licensed to hold parties.获准举办各种聚会的俱乐部holdingThey also called for the holding of multi-party general elections.他们还呼吁举行多党大选。6[V-RECIP 相互动词]进行（谈话、采访、会商等） Hold is used with nouns such as 'conversation', 'interview', and 'talks' to indicate that two or more people meet and discuss something.   [V n with n]  [pl-n V]  [V n (non-recip)]The Prime Minister, is holding consultations with his colleagues to finalise the deal...首相正在和同僚进行磋商，以敲定该协议。The engineer and his son held frequent consultations concerning technical problems...工程师和他的儿子经常就技术问题互相征求意见。They can't believe you can even hold a conversation.他们不敢相信你竟然能够把一场对话进行下去。7[VERB 动词]See also:holding；持有（股份、股票等） Hold is used with nouns such as 'shares' and 'stock' to indicate that someone owns a particular proportion of a business.   [V n]The group said it continues to hold 1,774,687 Vons shares...该集团称其继续持有1,774,687股冯氏公司的股份。The Fisher family holds 40% of the stock.费希尔家族持有40%的股份。8[VERB 动词]占有（领先地位、优势等） Hold is used with words such as 'lead' or 'advantage' to indicate that someone is winning or doing well in a contest.   [V n]He continued to hold a lead in Angola's presidential race...他继续在安哥拉总统大选中占据领先地位。Mestel holds a slight advantage.梅斯特尔占有微弱优势。9[VERB 动词]吸引住（注意力）；保持（兴趣） Hold is used with nouns such as 'attention' or 'interest' to indicate that what you do or say keeps someone interested or listening to you.   [V n]If you want to hold someone's attention, look them directly in the eye but don't stare...如果想吸引住某人的注意力，就要直视他们的眼睛，但别死盯着。Couldn't I hold Philippe's interest?我难道就不能让菲利普一直感兴趣吗？10[VERB 动词]认定（…负有责任）；归（咎）于 If you hold someone responsible, liable, or accountable for something, you will blame them if anything goes wrong.   [V n adj]It's impossible to hold any individual responsible.不可能归咎于任何个人。...shareholders who want to hold corporate directors more accountable for their actions.想让公司董事为自己的行为负更大责任的股东们Part-31[VERB 动词]关押；扣留 If someone holds you in a place, they keep you there as a prisoner and do not allow you to leave.   [V n]  [V n n]  [V-ed]The inside of a van was as good a place as any to hold a kidnap victim...小货车内是关押被绑架人的好地方。Somebody is holding your wife hostage...有人挟持了你妻子作为人质。Japan had originally demanded the return of two seamen held on spying charges.日本起初要求放回两名以间谍罪名遭拘留的海员。2[VERB 动词]（军队、暴乱人群等）占据，控制 If people such as an army or a violent crowd hold a place, they control it by using force.   [V n]Demonstrators have been holding the square since Sunday.示威者从周日起就占领了广场。3[N-SING 单数名词]（因握有某人把柄或掌握权力而形成的）控制力，支配力 If you have a hold over someone, you have power or control over them, for example because you know something about them you can use to threaten them or because you are in a position of authority.   [usu N over/on n]It's always useful to have a hold over a fellow like Carl May...能支配像卡尔·梅这样的人总是很有用的。He had ordered his officers to keep an exceptionally firm hold over their men...他已经命令军官要倍加严格地管住自己的手下。Because he once loved her, she still has a hold on him.因为他曾经爱过她，她现在仍能对他产生影响。4[VERB 动词]（接电话时让对方）稍等，不要挂断 If you ask someone to hold, or to hold the line, when you are answering a telephone call, you are asking them to wait for a short time, for example so that you can find the person they want to speak to.   [V n]  [V]  [no passive]Could you hold the line and I'll just get my pen...能否请您稍等一会儿，我拿支笔？A telephone operator asked him to hold.电话接线员让他不要挂断。5[VERB 动词]代接（电话）并向受话人转告通话内容 If you hold telephone calls for someone, you do not allow people who phone to speak to that person, but take messages instead.   [V n]He tells his secretary to hold his calls.他让秘书代接电话。6[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）保持（在一定价值或水平） If something holds at a particular value or level, or is held there, it is kept at that value or level.   [V prep/adv/adj]  [V n with adv]  [V n prep/adj]  [V n]  [Also V]OPEC production is holding at around 21.5 million barrels a day...石油输出国组织的石油产量保持在每天约2,150万桶。They were expecting the jobless rate to hold steady...他们预计失业率会保持稳定。The Prime Minister yesterday ruled out Government action to hold down petrol prices...首相昨天表示政府不会采取行动抑制汽油价格上涨。The final dividend will be held at 20.7p, after an 8 per cent increase.增长了8%后，最终的红利将会保持在20.7便士的水平。...provided the pound holds its value against the euro.只要英镑保持其和欧元之间的比价7[VERB 动词]持续发出（声音、音符） If you hold a sound or musical note, you continue making it.   [V n]...a voice which hit and held every note with perfect ease and clarity.非常自如清晰地唱出并拉长每个音符的歌喉8[VERB 动词]延迟；推迟 If you hold something such as a train, a lift, or an elevator, you delay it.   [V n]A London Underground spokesman defended the decision to hold the train until police arrived.伦敦地铁公司的发言人为推迟发车直到警方赶来的决定作了辩解。9[VERB 动词]（提议、邀请等）有效 If an offer or invitation still holds, it is still available for you to accept.   [V]Does your offer still hold?你的提议仍然有效吗？10[VERB 动词]（好形势）保持不变，持续 If a good situation holds, it continues and does not get worse or fail.   [V]Our luck couldn't hold for ever...我们不会永远走运。Would the weather hold?...天气会保持晴好吗？Will the ceasefire hold?停火能持续下去吗？11[VERB 动词]（论点、理论等）站得住脚，成立 If an argument or theory holds, it is true or valid, even after close examination.   [V]  [V P]Today, most people think that argument no longer holds...今天，大多数人认为那个论点已经站不住脚了。The theory could still hold.该理论有可能仍然成立。Hold up means the same as hold .hold up 同 holdDemocrats say arguments against the bill won't hold up.民主党人声称反对该议案的论点站不住脚。12[VERB 动词]（在重压下）保持不倒，支撑住 If part of a structure holds, it does not fall or break although there is a lot of force or pressure on it.   [V]How long would the roof hold?房顶能支撑多久？13[VERB 动词]（法规等）适用，有效 If laws or rules hold, they exist and remain in force.   [V]These laws also hold for universities.这些法律也适用于各大学。14[VERB 动词]坚持（观点或信念） If you say that you hold to a particular opinion or belief, you are stating firmly that you continue to have that opinion or belief.   [V to n]  [FORMAL 正式]I hold to my belief that people should be allowed to have private

英语单词	hold
英美音标	英 [həʊld] 美 [hoʊld]
中文释义	v.拿着；控制；容纳；握住；持有；保持；掌握；认为；举行 n.握住；控制；把握；立足点；延误；影响
英语例句	(1) I want you to stand beside me and hold the torch. (2) He has been trying hard to hold his temper. (3) The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people. (4) I'll always be the one to firmly hold your hands. (5) They hold different views on this matter. (6) I fear that this fine weather won't hold much longer. (7) Executive power is held by the president. (8) We hold that all nations should be equal. (9) We held a party to celebrate our success. (10) Their forces had consolidated their hold on the area. (11) You have to get a good hold of this idea. (12) When you are climbing, you need to find a good hold to prevent you from falling. (13) There was an aeroplane hold again due to the heavy fog. (14) He has a tremendous hold over his younger brother.
中文例句	(1) 我要你拿着手电筒站在我旁边。 (2) 他一直尽力控制自己不发脾气。 (3) 新的足球场可以容纳八万人。 (4) 我永远都会坚定地握住你的手。 (5) 他们对这个问题持有不同的观点。 (6) 我担心这样的好天气保持不了多久。 (7) 执行权由董事长掌握。 (8) 我们认为所有国家都应一律平等。 (9) 我们举行宴会庆祝我们的成功。 (10) 他们的军队加强了对这一地区的控制。 (11) 你得好好把握这个观点。 (12) 攀登时,你需要找一个好的立足点来避免摔落。 (13) 由于大雾天气,飞机又一次延误了。 (14) 他对他弟弟很有影响。
vocabulary简明	If you grasp something in your hands, you hold it. Be careful when you hold the puppy — he's so wriggly, and you wouldn't want to drop him!
vocabulary扩展	Hold also means to keep from exhaling. If you forget to hold your breath when you go underwater, you're sure to come up sputtering. The noun hold means the cargo area on a ship or airplane. When you check your bag, it's stored in the hold of the plane during the flight. If you packed your book and your snacks in it, it might make more sense to hold onto it instead.
柯林斯解释	1. PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORT-ING, OR CONTAINING 身体接触；支承；容纳 2. HAVING OR DOING 拥有；做 3. CONTROLLING OR REMAINING 控制；保持 4. PHRASES 短语 5. PHRASAL VERBS 短语动词 Part-1 1 [VERB 动词]拿着；握住；托住 When you hold something, you carry or support it, using your hands or your arms. [V n prep/adv] [V n] [usu sing] Hold the knife at an angle... 斜握住刀。 She is holding her journal and a pen... 她手里拿着日记和一支笔。 He held the pistol in his right hand... 他右手握着手枪。 Hold the baby while I load the car. 你先抱着孩子，让我把东西装上车。 Hold is also a noun. He released his hold on the camera. 他松手放开了照相机。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（紧紧的）拿，握 Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of ,catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling. [N of n] I was woken up by someone grabbing hold of my sleeping bag... 有人猛地抓住了我的睡袋，把我惊醒了。 A doctor and a nurse caught hold of his arms... 一名医生和一名护士抓住了他的双臂。 Mother took hold of the barking dogs by their collars. 母亲拉住了那几只吠叫的狗的项圈。 3 [VERB 动词]（通常为表示喜爱或安慰而）拥抱，抱住 When you hold someone, you put your arms round them, usually because you want to show them how much you like them or because you want to comfort them. [V n adv] [Also V n] If only he would hold her close to him. 要是他能将她拥入怀中就好了。 4 [VERB 动词]用力使（某人）不得动弹 If you hold someone in a particular position, you use force to keep them in that position and stop them from moving. [V n prep] [V n with adv] [Also V n] He then held the man in an armlock until police arrived... 然后他反扭住那名男子的手臂让他动弹不得，直到警察赶到。 I'd got two nurses holding me down. 两名护士按着我不让我乱动。 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（使某人不得动弹的）抓住，夹住 A hold is a particular way of keeping someone in a position using your own hands, arms, or legs. ...use of an unauthorized hold on a handcuffed suspect. 对戴手铐的嫌疑犯使用非法的擒拿方式 6 [VERB 动词]（常指疼伤痛而）按住，捂住 When you hold a part of your body, you put your hand on or against it, often because it hurts. [V n] Soon she was crying bitterly about the pain and was holding her throat. 很快她痛得大哭起来，同时用手捂着自己的喉咙。 7 [VERB 动词]使（身体部位）保持（某种姿势） When you hold a part of your body in a particular position, you put it into that position and keep it there. [V n prep/adv] [V-ed] [Also V n adj] Hold your hands in front of your face... 把双手举在面前。 He walked at a rapid pace with his back straight and his head held erect. 他昂首挺胸地快步而行。 8 [VERB 动词]把…固定住 If one thing holds another in a particular position, it keeps it in that position. [V n with adv] [V n prep] ...the wooden wedge which held the heavy door open... 卡住沉重的门不让它关上的木楔 They used steel pins to hold everything in place. 他们用钢钉将所有东西都固定住。 9 [VERB 动词]存放；盛放；装 If one thing is used to hold another, it is used to store it. [V n] Two knife racks hold her favourite knives. 两个刀架上存放着她最心爱的刀具。 ...the large cardboard and wooden cases used to hold my new appliances. 用来装我新买的家用电器的几个大的纸箱和木箱 10 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（船、飞机等的）货舱，行李舱 In a ship or aeroplane, a hold is a place where cargo or luggage is stored. [oft n N] A fire had been reported in the cargo hold. 行李舱内报称起火了。 11 [VERB 动词]储备；储存 If a place holds something, it keeps it available for reference or for future use. [V n] The Small Firms Service holds an enormous amount of information on any business problem... 小型企业服务处备有关于各种商务问题的海量信息。 We have reviewed the data that we hold for the area. 我们已经审核过为该地区保存的数据了。 12 [VERB 动词]容纳得下 If something holds a particular amount of something, it can contain that amount. [V n] [no cont] The small bottles don't seem to hold much... 这些小瓶子好像装不下多少。 One CD-ROM disk can hold over 100,000 pages of text. 一张光盘可以存储十多万多页的文字资料。 13 [VERB 动词]大量喝（酒）而不醉 If you can hold your drink, you are able to drink large quantities of alcohol without becoming ill or getting drunk. [V n] ...but you had to be able to hold your liquor. 但你得能喝酒才行。 14 [VERB 动词]（车辆）抓（地） If a vehicle holds the road well, it remains in close contact with the road and can be controlled safely and easily. [V n adv] [Also V n] I thought the car held the road really well. 我认为这辆车抓地性能真的非常好。 15 See also:holding ； Part-2 Hold is often used to indicate that someone or something has the particular thing, characteristic, or attitude that is mentioned. Therefore it takes most of its meaning from the word that follows it. hold 常用来表示某人或某物具备所提到的某种东西、特征或态度，因此其意义主要视后接之词而定。 1 [VERB 动词]持有，怀有（观点、信念等） Hold is used with words and expressions indicating an opinion or belief, to show that someone has a particular opinion or believes that something is true. [V n] [V that] [V n in n] [V-ed] [no cont] He held firm opinions which usually conflicted with my own... 他对自己的观点坚定不移，而这些观点通常和我的相左。 He holds certain expectations about the teacher's role... 他对教师的角色抱有某些期待。 Current thinking holds that obesity is more a medical than a psychological problem... 现在的观点认为，肥胖更多的是医学问题而非心理问题。 The public, meanwhile, hold architects in low esteem. 与此同时，公众对建筑师并不看重。 ...a widely held opinion. 普遍的看法 2 [VERB 动词]带给人，使人感到（害怕、神秘等） Hold is used with words such as 'fear' or 'mystery' to indicate someone's feelings towards something, as if those feelings were a characteristic of the thing itself. [V n for n] [V n] [no passive] Death doesn't hold any fear for me... 死亡对我来说并不可怕。 It held more mystery than even the darkest jungle... 它甚至比最黑暗的丛林还更令人感到神秘。 This approach, more than any other, holds promise for true reform. 这一方法比其他任何方法都更让人看到真正改革的希望。 3 [VERB 动词]担任（职务）；掌握（权力）；负有（责任） Hold is used with nouns such as 'office', 'power', and 'responsibility' to indicate that someone has a particular position of power or authority. [V n] She has never held ministerial office... 她从未担任过部长级职务。 I'd seen it before in people who held immense power. 我以前曾在掌握大权的人身上看到过这种情况。 4 [VERB 动词]持有（许可、票证等）；拥有（学位等） Hold is used with nouns such as 'permit', 'degree', or 'ticket' to indicate that someone has a particular document that allows them to do something. [V n] Applicants should normally hold a good Honours degree... 申请人通常应该拥有优秀荣誉学位。 He did not hold a firearm certificate... 他没有持枪许可。 Passengers holding tickets will receive refunds. 持票旅客将会得到退款。 5 [VERB 动词]举行（聚会、会议、会谈、选举、审判等） Hold is used with nouns such as 'party', 'meeting', 'talks', 'election', and 'trial' to indicate that people are organizing a particular activity. [V n] The country will hold democratic elections within a year... 该国将在一年之内举行民主选举。 The German sports federation said it would hold an investigation. 德国体育联合会称它将进行调查。 ...the club, which was licensed to hold parties. 获准举办各种聚会的俱乐部 holding They also called for the holding of multi-party general elections. 他们还呼吁举行多党大选。 6 [V-RECIP 相互动词]进行（谈话、采访、会商等） Hold is used with nouns such as 'conversation', 'interview', and 'talks' to indicate that two or more people meet and discuss something. [V n with n] [pl-n V] [V n (non-recip)] The Prime Minister, is holding consultations with his colleagues to finalise the deal... 首相正在和同僚进行磋商，以敲定该协议。 The engineer and his son held frequent consultations concerning technical problems... 工程师和他的儿子经常就技术问题互相征求意见。 They can't believe you can even hold a conversation. 他们不敢相信你竟然能够把一场对话进行下去。 7 [VERB 动词]See also:holding ；持有（股份、股票等） Hold is used with nouns such as 'shares' and 'stock' to indicate that someone owns a particular proportion of a business. [V n] The group said it continues to hold 1,774,687 Vons shares... 该集团称其继续持有1,774,687股冯氏公司的股份。 The Fisher family holds 40% of the stock. 费希尔家族持有40%的股份。 8 [VERB 动词]占有（领先地位、优势等） Hold is used with words such as 'lead' or 'advantage' to indicate that someone is winning or doing well in a contest. [V n] He continued to hold a lead in Angola's presidential race... 他继续在安哥拉总统大选中占据领先地位。 Mestel holds a slight advantage. 梅斯特尔占有微弱优势。 9 [VERB 动词]吸引住（注意力）；保持（兴趣） Hold is used with nouns such as 'attention' or 'interest' to indicate that what you do or say keeps someone interested or listening to you. [V n] If you want to hold someone's attention, look them directly in the eye but don't stare... 如果想吸引住某人的注意力，就要直视他们的眼睛，但别死盯着。 Couldn't I hold Philippe's interest? 我难道就不能让菲利普一直感兴趣吗？ 10 [VERB 动词]认定（…负有责任）；归（咎）于 If you hold someone responsible, liable, or accountable for something, you will blame them if anything goes wrong. [V n adj] It's impossible to hold any individual responsible. 不可能归咎于任何个人。 ...shareholders who want to hold corporate directors more accountable for their actions. 想让公司董事为自己的行为负更大责任的股东们 Part-3 1 [VERB 动词]关押；扣留 If someone holds you in a place, they keep you there as a prisoner and do not allow you to leave. [V n] [V n n] [V-ed] The inside of a van was as good a place as any to hold a kidnap victim... 小货车内是关押被绑架人的好地方。 Somebody is holding your wife hostage... 有人挟持了你妻子作为人质。 Japan had originally demanded the return of two seamen held on spying charges. 日本起初要求放回两名以间谍罪名遭拘留的海员。 2 [VERB 动词]（军队、暴乱人群等）占据，控制 If people such as an army or a violent crowd hold a place, they control it by using force. [V n] Demonstrators have been holding the square since Sunday. 示威者从周日起就占领了广场。 3 [N-SING 单数名词]（因握有某人把柄或掌握权力而形成的）控制力，支配力 If you have a hold over someone, you have power or control over them, for example because you know something about them you can use to threaten them or because you are in a position of authority. [usu N over/on n] It's always useful to have a hold over a fellow like Carl May... 能支配像卡尔·梅这样的人总是很有用的。 He had ordered his officers to keep an exceptionally firm hold over their men... 他已经命令军官要倍加严格地管住自己的手下。 Because he once loved her, she still has a hold on him. 因为他曾经爱过她，她现在仍能对他产生影响。 4 [VERB 动词]（接电话时让对方）稍等，不要挂断 If you ask someone to hold, or to hold the line, when you are answering a telephone call, you are asking them to wait for a short time, for example so that you can find the person they want to speak to. [V n] [V] [no passive] Could you hold the line and I'll just get my pen... 能否请您稍等一会儿，我拿支笔？ A telephone operator asked him to hold. 电话接线员让他不要挂断。 5 [VERB 动词]代接（电话）并向受话人转告通话内容 If you hold telephone calls for someone, you do not allow people who phone to speak to that person, but take messages instead. [V n] He tells his secretary to hold his calls. 他让秘书代接电话。 6 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词]（使）保持（在一定价值或水平） If something holds at a particular value or level, or is held there, it is kept at that value or level. [V prep/adv/adj] [V n with adv] [V n prep/adj] [V n] [Also V] OPEC production is holding at around 21.5 million barrels a day... 石油输出国组织的石油产量保持在每天约2,150万桶。 They were expecting the jobless rate to hold steady... 他们预计失业率会保持稳定。 The Prime Minister yesterday ruled out Government action to hold down petrol prices... 首相昨天表示政府不会采取行动抑制汽油价格上涨。 The final dividend will be held at 20.7p, after an 8 per cent increase. 增长了8%后，最终的红利将会保持在20.7便士的水平。 ...provided the pound holds its value against the euro. 只要英镑保持其和欧元之间的比价 7 [VERB 动词]持续发出（声音、音符） If you hold a sound or musical note, you continue making it. [V n] ...a voice which hit and held every note with perfect ease and clarity. 非常自如清晰地唱出并拉长每个音符的歌喉 8 [VERB 动词]延迟；推迟 If you hold something such as a train, a lift, or an elevator, you delay it. [V n] A London Underground spokesman defended the decision to hold the train until police arrived. 伦敦地铁公司的发言人为推迟发车直到警方赶来的决定作了辩解。 9 [VERB 动词]（提议、邀请等）有效 If an offer or invitation still holds, it is still available for you to accept. [V] Does your offer still hold? 你的提议仍然有效吗？ 10 [VERB 动词]（好形势）保持不变，持续 If a good situation holds, it continues and does not get worse or fail. [V] Our luck couldn't hold for ever... 我们不会永远走运。 Would the weather hold?... 天气会保持晴好吗？ Will the ceasefire hold? 停火能持续下去吗？ 11 [VERB 动词]（论点、理论等）站得住脚，成立 If an argument or theory holds, it is true or valid, even after close examination. [V] [V P] Today, most people think that argument no longer holds... 今天，大多数人认为那个论点已经站不住脚了。 The theory could still hold. 该理论有可能仍然成立。 Hold up means the same as hold .hold up 同 hold Democrats say arguments against the bill won't hold up. 民主党人声称反对该议案的论点站不住脚。 12 [VERB 动词]（在重压下）保持不倒，支撑住 If part of a structure holds, it does not fall or break although there is a lot of force or pressure on it. [V] How long would the roof hold? 房顶能支撑多久？ 13 [VERB 动词]（法规等）适用，有效 If laws or rules hold, they exist and remain in force. [V] These laws also hold for universities. 这些法律也适用于各大学。 14 [VERB 动词]坚持（观点或信念） If you say that you hold to a particular opinion or belief, you are stating firmly that you continue to have that opinion or belief. [V to n] [FORMAL 正式] I hold to my belief that people should be allowed to have private

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