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

• Further voting might be held over until tomorrow
  下一步投票可能要推到明天。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Indeed, some suggest the contemporary furniture market is troubled by the monopolies companies hold over certain designs and the inflated prices they can charge as a result.
  事实上，有人认为，持有某些设计版权等垄断型公司，和他们因此能够报出的高价给当代家具市场造成了困扰。
• Now private investors hold over 30,000 tons of gold, more than the entire holdings of all the central banks on the planet.
  如今，私人投资者持有逾3万吨黄金，超过全球所有央行的总持有量。
• His hold over King Theoden is now very strong.
  他现在对国王希优顿控制非常强。
• MARRIAGE, and its many ups and downs, still exercises a powerful hold over newspapers, magazines and the airwaves.
  婚姻、婚姻里的悲欢离合仍然强有力地占据着报纸、杂志的版面和广播电视的节目。
• Reducing an urban area is an essentially offensive action intended to eliminate an adversary's hold over all or part of the urban area.
  消灭一个城市地区是一种完全的进攻行动，其目的是完全消灭敌人的据点或者消灭城市中的一个部分区域内的敌人。