hold down

英 [həʊld daʊn]

美 [hoʊld daʊn]

保住（工作或位置）; 压制; 限制

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 保住（工作或位置）
  If youhold downa job or a place in a team, you manage to keep it.
  1. He never could hold down a job...
     他从来都保不住自己的工作。
  2. Constant injury problems had made it tough for him to hold down a regular first team place.
     持续伤病使得他很难保住在球队的常规主力位置。
• PHRASAL VERB 压制;限制
  If youholdsomeonedown, you keep them under control and do not allow them to have much freedom or power or many rights.
  1. Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation.
     大家都认为有一个想压制年轻一代的大阴谋。

英英释义

verb

• restrain
  1. please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep
• keep
  1. She manages to hold down two jobs

双语例句

• You have to hold down those people.
  你必须压制住这些人。
• In addition, I bound the handle and ear areas some more to hold down the sinew.
  我额外地绑扎把手和耳的地方固定筋腱。
• Did they think that their policy would hold down inflation?
  他们认为他们的政策能抑制通货膨胀吗？
• He took a dictionary to hold down the test papers for fear that they might be blown away by the wind.
  他拿了本词典压住试卷，以防被风吹掉。
• He's never managed to hold down a job for more than six months.
  他从未设法保持一份工作超过六个月。
• 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。
• I can hold down the fort here for20 minutes.
  我可以在这里坚持二十分钟。
• He's never been able to hold down a steady job.
  他始终未能保持一份稳定的工作。
• How long can a small force of mercenaries hold down an entire people?
  一小股雇佣军能把整个人民压制多久呢？
• We must hold down prices.
  我们必须控制物价。