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

• Maybe you want to have something to hold over my head.
  也许你是想抓住我的一个把柄。
• 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。
• 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。
• MARRIAGE, and its many ups and downs, still exercises a powerful hold over newspapers, magazines and the airwaves.
  婚姻、婚姻里的悲欢离合仍然强有力地占据着报纸、杂志的版面和广播电视的节目。
• 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。
• 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？
• US east-west policy holds that central Asian gas should reach European markets in order to reduce Russia's strategic hold over the European and Eurasian markets and policies.
  在美国的东西方政策（east-westpolicy）框架中，中亚天然气应该输送到欧洲市场，以减弱俄罗斯对欧洲及欧亚市场的战略控制，以及对相关国家政策的影响。
• 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。
• Further voting might be held over until tomorrow
  下一步投票可能要推到明天。
• 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？