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.- He never could hold down a job...
他从来都保不住自己的工作。 - 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。
- He never could hold down a job...
- 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.- 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。
- Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation.
英英释义
verb
- restrain
- please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep
- keep
- 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。