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

• People in competitive relationships are always looking for an advantage, the upper hand, some edge they can hold over their partner's head.
  处在竞争关系中的人总是想要寻找自己的优势，占尽上风，尽握对方的把柄。
• 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。
• His hold over King Theoden is now very strong.
  他现在对国王希优顿控制非常强。
• 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。
• 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。
• The power that mothers and daughters hold over each other derives, in part, from their closeness.
  这种母女之间互相制约的权力，部分来源于她们的亲密。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's always useful to have a hold over a fellow like Carl May
  能支配像卡尔·梅这样的人总是很有用的。