hold down

英 [həʊld daʊn]

美 [hoʊld daʊn]

保住（工作或位置）; 压制; 限制

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 保住（工作或位置）
  If youhold downa job or a place in a team, you manage to keep it.
  1. He never could hold down a job...
     他从来都保不住自己的工作。
  2. Constant injury problems had made it tough for him to hold down a regular first team place.
     持续伤病使得他很难保住在球队的常规主力位置。
• PHRASAL VERB 压制;限制
  If youholdsomeonedown, you keep them under control and do not allow them to have much freedom or power or many rights.
  1. Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation.
     大家都认为有一个想压制年轻一代的大阴谋。

英英释义

verb

• restrain
  1. please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep
• keep
  1. She manages to hold down two jobs

双语例句

• How long can a small force of mercenaries hold down an entire people?
  一小股雇佣军能把整个人民压制多久呢？
• The two companies have struggled to make profits from smartphones as they hold down prices to win market share.
  由于华为和联想为赢得市场份额而压低价格，它们一直很难在智能手机上实现盈利。
• He's never managed to hold down a job for more than six months.
  他从未设法保持一份工作超过六个月。
• So you'll have to hold down two jobs over there.
  所以你在那里必须负责两种任务。
• Did they think that their policy would hold down inflation?
  他们认为他们的政策能抑制通货膨胀吗？
• I can hold down the fort here for20 minutes.
  我可以在这里坚持二十分钟。
• You have to hold down those people.
  你必须压制住这些人。
• He took a dictionary to hold down the test papers for fear that they might be blown away by the wind.
  他拿了本词典压住试卷，以防被风吹掉。
• He is a good worker, and will hold down his job.
  他是一个好工人，可以保住他的工作。
• If you just hold down the fort here and remain calm.
  你在这边等一下，保持冷静。