hold-up的意思|示意
n. 停顿;耽误;抢劫
hold-up的用法详解
英语单词hold-up的用法讲解
hold-up是英语中的动词短语,有两个主要用法:一个是拦截,强行勒索,一般指劫持,用法为:hold someone up;另一个是延缓,制止,指延误、延期,用法为:hold something up。
1、hold someone up
它的意思是拦截某人,强行勒索,指劫持行为,一般是收取钱财的行为,也可以是劫持某人及其财物的意思,如:
The criminals held up the bank and got away with a million dollars.
罪犯们劫持银行,劫走了一百万美元。
2、hold something up
这个短语的意思是指阻碍、阻延、延迟,延误,如:
The bad weather held up the plane.
恶劣的天气使飞机延误。
我们也可以用hold something up来表示某人的表现,指取得一定成就,如:
Her performance at the match held up the school's reputation.
她在比赛中的表现提升了学校的名誉。
hold-up相关短语
1、 liquid holdup [物]持液量
hold-up相关例句
They arrived late due to a motorway hold-up.
他们因高速公路交通堵塞迟到了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
One of Mao's more famous maxims was that women hold up half the sky.
毛泽东有句箴言:女人撑起半边天.
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(British English)Sorry I'm late. There was a hold-up on the motorway.
抱歉,我来晚了,公路上堵车了。
牛津词典
Will the water supply hold up through summer?
供水能持续整个夏天 吗 ?
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What could have happened? A hold-up? There'd been no gunshot or scream.
发生了什么呢?持枪抢劫?没有听到枪声或尖叫声。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
Diversity helps too, since the prices of some chemicals may hold up better than others.
产品多样化也发挥一些作用, 因为有些化工产品价格可以比其他产品更稳定.
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I thought that no one else could hold up such pain.
我认为没有人能忍受住这样的疼痛.
《简明英汉词典》
What's the hold-up?
遇到什么障碍了?
《牛津词典》