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

• He has a tremendous hold over his younger brother.
  他对他弟弟很有影响。
• 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。
• 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。
• Do you think you have a psychological hold over him now?
  你是不是觉得现在在心理上你更占有优势？
• Reducing an urban area is an essentially offensive action intended to eliminate an adversary's hold over all or part of the urban area.
  消灭一个城市地区是一种完全的进攻行动，其目的是完全消灭敌人的据点或者消灭城市中的一个部分区域内的敌人。
• The power that mothers and daughters hold over each other derives, in part, from their closeness.
  这种母女之间互相制约的权力，部分来源于她们的亲密。
• His hold over King Theoden is now very strong.
  他现在对国王希优顿控制非常强。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。