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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Maybe you want to have something to hold over my head.
  也许你是想抓住我的一个把柄。
• 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？
• 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。
• In China, WeChat has also lured more high-end users, a group that Tencent hasn't traditionally had a strong hold over.
  在中国，微信还吸引了越来越多的高端用户。腾讯过去在这个群体当中并没有多高的份额。
• 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。
• Hold over goods to be sold for the next season.
  贮存货物等供下季供应。
• 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？