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hold water

英 [həʊld ˈwɔːtə(r)]

美 [hoʊld ˈwɔːtər]

(论点或理论)符合逻辑,站得住脚,经得起考验

法律

英英释义

verb

  • resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
    1. Her shoes won't hold up
    2. This theory won't hold water
    Synonym:stand uphold up

双语例句

  • Your overseas work experience does not hold water in the domestic market.
    你在海外的工作经验在国内市场是不管用的。
  • If your argument can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes.
    如果这个论点能够holdwater,它就是没有任何漏洞的,可靠而有说服力的。
  • If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it.
    如果它可以装水,它是强大的,并在它没有孔。
  • What he said in his papers cannot hold water.
    他在文章中所说的站不住脚。
  • The argument doesn't hold water ( or hold up).
    这一论点站不住脚。
  • The theory may hold water.
    这理论可能行的通。
  • Your theory does not hold water.
    你的理论经不起考验。
  • He has make up his mind to prove that mary's argument doesn't hold water.
    他决心要证明玛丽的论点是站不住脚的。
  • This argument simply cannot hold water in Europe.
    这个论点在欧洲根本就站不住脚。
  • Prohibition may be a dispute theory, but none can complain that it do not hold water.
    法可能是一则有待商榷的理论,但谁也不能埋怨它有漏洞(说不通)。