V-T 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. 持有 (观点或信念等) [no cont]

V-T Hold is used with words such as "fear" or "mystery" to indicate someone's feelings toward something, as if those feelings were a characteristic of the thing itself. 有 (可怕、神秘的) 特质 [no passive]

V-T Hold is used with nouns such as "office," "power," and "responsibility" to indicate that someone has a particular position of power or authority. 担任 (职务); 掌握 (权力); 承担 (责任)

V-T 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. 持有 (许可证、学位证、票据等)

V-T Hold is used with nouns such as "party," "meeting," "talks," "election," and "trial" to indicate that people are organizing a particular activity. 举行 (聚会、会议、会谈、选举和审判等)

holding N-UNCOUNT 举行

V-RECIP Hold is used with nouns such as "conversation," "interview," and "talks" to indicate that two or more people meet and discuss something. 进行 (谈话、访谈等)

V-T Hold is used with nouns such as "shares" and "stock" to indicate that someone owns a particular proportion of a business. 拥有 (股份、股票等)

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V-T 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. 吸引住 (注意力); 保持 (兴趣)

V-T If you hold someone responsible, liable, or accountable for something, you will blame them if anything goes wrong. 让 (某人承担责任)

V-T If someone holds you in a place, they keep you there as a prisoner and do not allow you to leave. 扣留

V-T If people such as an army or a violent crowd hold a place, they control it by using force. 占据

N-SING 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. 对…有控制的力量

V-T/V-I 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. (打电话时) 不挂断 [no passive]

V-T If you hold telephone calls for someone, you do not allow people who phone to speak to that person, but take messages instead. 代接 (电话) 并留言

V-T/V-I If something holds at a particular value or level, or is held there, it is kept at that value or level. 保持在 (在一定数值或水平)

V-T If you hold a sound or musical note, you continue making it. 持续发出 (声音或音符)

V-T If you hold something such as a train or a lift, you delay it. 延迟; 推迟

V-I If an offer or invitation still holds, it is still available for you to accept. (报价或邀请等) 有效

V-I If a good situation holds, it continues and does not get worse or fail. (好的状态) 保持不变

V-I If an argument or theory holds, it is true or valid, even after close examination. (论点、理论等) 站得住脚

PHRASAL VERB Hold up means the same as hold. 站得住脚

V-I If part of a structure holds, it does not fall or break although there is a lot of force or pressure on it. (在重压下) 支撑住

V-I If laws or rules hold, they exist and remain in force. (法规等) 有效

V-I If you hold to a promise or to high standards of behaviour, you keep that promise or continue to behave according to those standards. 遵守 (诺言或高尚的行为准则) [正式]

V-T If someone or something holds you to a promise or to high standards of behaviour, they make you keep that promise or those standards. 使…恪守 (诺言或高尚的行为准则)

PHRASE If you hold forth on a subject, you speak confidently and for a long time about it, especially to a group of people. (尤指当众) 滔滔不绝地说

PHRASE If you get hold of an object or information, you obtain it, usually after some difficulty. (通常指克服困难后) 获得

PHRASE If you get hold of someone, you manage to contact them. 设法与…联络

CONVENTION If you say "Hold it," you are telling someone to stop what they are doing and to wait. 停下

PHRASE If you put something on hold, you decide not to do it, deal with it, or change it now, but to leave it until later. 推迟

PHRASE If you hold your own, you are able to resist someone who is attacking or opposing you. (面对攻击或反对等) 顶住

PHRASE If you can do something well enough to hold your own, you do not appear foolish when you are compared with someone who is generally thought to be very good at it. 与…相匹敌

PHRASE If you hold still, you do not move. 不动

PHRASE If something takes hold, it gains complete control or influence over a person or thing. 完全控制 (某人或某物)

PHRASE If you hold tight, you put your hand around or against something in order to prevent yourself from falling over. A bus driver might say "Hold tight!" to you if you are standing on a bus when it is about to move. 抓牢

PHRASE If you hold tight, you do not immediately start a course of action that you have been planning or thinking about. 不轻易行动

to hold something at bay →see bay

to hold something in check →see check

to hold fast →see fast

to hold the fort →see fort

to hold your ground →see ground

to hold someone for ransom →see ransom

to hold sway →see sway