英 [ˈhəʊld ʌp]
1．支撑，支持，举起
· Hold up the table while I slide this underneath.
我把这个东西塞进去的时候，你扶着桌子。
2．阻碍，耽搁
· Sorry to hold you up – my train was late.
不好意思耽搁了你，我的火车晚点了。
3．等待，延迟
· Hold up a minute. I want to check something.
等一下，我想检查一下。
4．抢劫
· The guy tried to hold up a bank.
那个人试图抢劫银行。
5．经得起考验，生存
· The real estate market held up despite a lack of consumer confidence.
尽管缺乏消费者信心，房地产市场还是经受住了考验。
6．持续保持，不落后
7．履行协议，完成任务
hold up // [ holding held holds ]
动词词组 If you hold up your hand or something you have in your hand, you move it upward into a particular position and keep it there. 举起
She held up her hand stiffly.
她僵硬地举起手来。
动词词组 If one thing holds up another, it is placed under the other thing in order to support it and prevent it from falling. 支撑
Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof.
工厂里到处都有铁柱子支撑着屋顶。
动词词组 To hold up a person or process means to make them late or delay them. 耽搁
Why were you holding everyone up?
你为什么要耽搁大家？
动词词组 If someone holds up a place such as a bank or a shop, they point a weapon at someone there to make them give them money or valuable goods. 持械抢劫
When his money was gone he held up a petrol station with a toy gun.
他把钱花光后，就用一把玩具枪抢劫了一家加油站。
动词词组 If you hold up something such as someone's behaviour, you make it known to other people, so that they can criticize or praise it. 举出…作为褒贬的对象
He had always been held up as an example to the younger ones.
他总是被树立为弟妹们学习的榜样。
动词词组 If something such as a type of business holds up in difficult conditions, it stays in a reasonably good state. (在逆境中) 保持良好状况
Children's wear is one area that is holding up well in the recession.
在经济衰退期间，童装是持续销售良好的一个领域。
动词词组 If an argument or theory holds up, it is true or valid, even after close examination. (论据或理论等) 经受得住检验
I'm not sure if the argument holds up, but it's stimulating.
我不能确定这一论点能否经得住推敲，但是它却很令人兴奋。
→see alsoholdup
robbery at gunpoint
同义词： armed robbery / heist / holdup / stickup
hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration
rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat
同义词： stick up
resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
同义词： stand up / hold water
举起；阻挡；拦截-引用次数：5
参考来源风景名胜区产权制度变迁研究
... take up拿起；开始从事 hold up举起；阻挡；拦截 carry up建高（房屋），追溯 ...
... take up拿起；开始从事 hold up举起；阻挡；拦截 carry up建高（房屋），追溯 ...
... hold on 坚持住，握住不放；（打电话时）不挂断，等一会 hold out 维持，保持；坚持（要求），不屈服 hold up 支持，支撑，延迟；抢劫；展示，举出 ...
I will say a colour and you must hold up that colour pen.
我会说一种颜色，然后你必须举起那种颜色的笔。
Democrats say arguments against the bill won't hold up.
民主党人说，反对这项议案的论点站不住脚。
They cannot even hold up their own heads without some help from grown-ups.
如果没有大人的帮助，他们甚至连自己的头都抬不起来。
Sometimes you need a belt to hold up your pants.
VOA : special.2010.05.02
If I were to hold up two pieces of paper, there's a sense in which they are participating in "Twohood."
如果我拿起两张纸,便有这样一层含义,即,这两张纸分有了 二性
死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
You might hold up the photograph and I might say, "Gosh, that really doesn't look very much like Ruth does it?"
你拿起照片,我可能会说,这一点都不像露丝
死亡课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
"It doesn't hold up to serious mathematics because Thailand sees about 1.4 million medical travelers from outside of Thailand.
VOA : standard.2009.12.23
Even if troop numbers hold up, Chalmers says future public support for the mission depends on progress.
VOA : standard.2010.08.04
Two garages, one attached to the home and one separate, can hold up to nine cars.
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It then uses that data to predict how well cars on sale now will hold up.
FORBES: How To Predict What Will Go Wrong With Your Car Down The Road
If these naproxen data were to hold up, they would be particularly surprising and worrisome.