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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The judge said he would hold over the case till the next sitting of the court.
  法官说他将把这一案件推迟到下次开庭再审理。
• We'd like to hold over HUR to make further checks.
  我们希望到HUR等待，做进一步检查。
• 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。
• Maybe you want to have something to hold over my head.
  也许你是想抓住我的一个把柄。
• Further voting might be held over until tomorrow
  下一步投票可能要推到明天。
• 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。
• 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？