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

• People in competitive relationships are always looking for an advantage, the upper hand, some edge they can hold over their partner's head.
  处在竞争关系中的人总是想要寻找自己的优势，占尽上风，尽握对方的把柄。
• 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。
• Further voting might be held over until tomorrow
  下一步投票可能要推到明天。
• The last item on the agenda we will hold over until the next meeting.
  议程上的最后一个项目我们将推迟到下次会议上讨论。
• 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。
• Now private investors hold over 30,000 tons of gold, more than the entire holdings of all the central banks on the planet.
  如今，私人投资者持有逾3万吨黄金，超过全球所有央行的总持有量。
• 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。
• Would you please hold over the rest of the goods?
  请将其余货物保存起来好吗？
• 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。
• His hold over King Theoden is now very strong.
  他现在对国王希优顿控制非常强。