hold over

英 [həʊld ˈəʊvə(r)]

美 [hoʊld ˈoʊvər]

以…威胁; 以…要挟; 推迟; 搁置

法律

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 以…威胁;以…要挟
  If youholdsomethingoversomeone, you use it in order to threaten them or make them do what you want.
  1. Did Laurie know something, and hold it over Felicity?
     劳丽是否知道点什么，并以此要挟费莉西蒂呢？
• PHRASAL VERB 推迟;搁置
  If somethingis held over, it does not happen or it is not dealt with until a future date.
  1. Further voting might be held over until tomorrow...
     下一步投票可能要推到明天。
  2. We would have held the story over until the next day.
     我们原本是要把报道推迟到第二天的。

英英释义

verb

• intimidate somebody (with a threat)
  1. She was holding it over him
• hold over goods to be sold for the next season
  Synonym:carry over
• hold back to a later time
  1. let's postpone the exam
  Synonym:postponeprorogueput overtableshelveset backdeferremitput off
• continue a term of office past the normal period of time
• keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time

双语例句

• Did Laurie know something, and hold it over Felicity?
  劳丽是否知道点什么，并以此要挟费莉西蒂呢？
• We'd like to hold over HUR to make further checks.
  我们希望到HUR等待，做进一步检查。
• Further voting might be held over until tomorrow
  下一步投票可能要推到明天。
• How is it he's got such a strong hold over you?
  他对你怎么有这么强的影响力？
• 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。
• We would have held the story over until the next day.
  我们原本是要把报道推迟到第二天的。
• The last item on the agenda we will hold over until the next meeting.
  议程上的最后一个项目我们将推迟到下次会议上讨论。
• 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。
• He has a tremendous hold over his younger brother.
  他对他弟弟很有影响。
• He did not relinquish his hold over Mary until his death.
  直到他死去才放弃对玛丽的控制。