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

• There are 4 adjustable steel shelves supported by 4 brackets hold over 400 lb.
  4个可调节高度的隔板，由4个支架支持，承重可以有400磅。
• Maybe you want to have something to hold over my head.
  也许你是想抓住我的一个把柄。
• Do you think you have a psychological hold over him now?
  你是不是觉得现在在心理上你更占有优势？
• 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。
• Further voting might be held over until tomorrow
  下一步投票可能要推到明天。
• Hold over goods to be sold for the next season.
  贮存货物等供下季供应。
• He has a tremendous hold over his younger brother.
  他对他弟弟很有影响。
• When he started having sex with me I was hurt, confused and angry but he already had such a strong mental hold over me that I felt powerless to stop him.
  后来，他强迫我发生了性关系，我觉得很受伤，很迷惑也很愤怒。但他在精神上对我的控制是那么的强大，我觉得很无力，不知道怎样拒绝他。
• US east-west policy holds that central Asian gas should reach European markets in order to reduce Russia's strategic hold over the European and Eurasian markets and policies.
  在美国的东西方政策（east-westpolicy）框架中，中亚天然气应该输送到欧洲市场，以减弱俄罗斯对欧洲及欧亚市场的战略控制，以及对相关国家政策的影响。
• The Chinese Restaurant, Western Restaurant, Banquet Hall and Function Hall may hold over a thousand people.
  有中、西餐厅，高档宴会厅以及设施一流的高级会议厅、多功能厅等，能提供上千人同时用餐和开会。