hold down
英 [həʊld daʊn]
美 [hoʊld daʊn]
保住（工作或位置）; 压制; 限制
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 保住（工作或位置）
If youhold downa job or a place in a team, you manage to keep it.- He never could hold down a job...
他从来都保不住自己的工作。 - Constant injury problems had made it tough for him to hold down a regular first team place.
持续伤病使得他很难保住在球队的常规主力位置。
- He never could hold down a job...
- PHRASAL VERB 压制;限制
If youholdsomeonedown, you keep them under control and do not allow them to have much freedom or power or many rights.- Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation.
大家都认为有一个想压制年轻一代的大阴谋。
- Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation.
英英释义
verb
- restrain
- please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep
- keep
- She manages to hold down two jobs
双语例句
- I can hold down the fort here for20 minutes.
我可以在这里坚持二十分钟。 - Reinstall hold down screws and ground wire to housing.
重新安装拆卸下的螺丝和壳上的接地线。 - He's never been able to hold down a steady job.
他始终未能保持一份稳定的工作。 - We shall hold down prices until the new year.
我们会抑制价格上涨，直到新的一年来临。 - We must hold down prices.
我们必须控制物价。 - He couldn't hold down a job after his breakdown.
他病倒以后，工作也就保不住了。 - Adjusts the speed at which a character repeats when you hold down a key.
调整当你按住一个键时字符的重复速率。 - He is a good worker, and will hold down his job.
他是一个好工人，可以保住他的工作。 - If you just hold down the fort here and remain calm.
你在这边等一下，保持冷静。 - The Prime Minister yesterday ruled out Government action to hold down petrol prices
首相昨天表示政府不会采取行动抑制汽油价格上涨。