hold out 成语
hold out for
hold out for something
hold out on
hold out
They were ready to hold out a friendly hand．他们准备伸出友 谊之手。Hold your arms out．将两臂伸出。
2.offer（usu．promise，hope，likelihood，etc．）提供（允诺、希望、可能性等）
These were the promises they held out．这些是他们许下的诺言。
I can hold out no hope of the invalid recovering．我认为这位病人 康复无望。
Some hope was held out by the chairman that the financial position of the company would improve．董 事长认为，该公司的财政情况有 好转的希望。
3. prove to be sufficient够用；能维持（下去）
How long will our supplies hold out？我们的给养能维持多久？
I will stay in Maxico as long as my money holds out．只要我的钱够 用，我将一直呆在墨西哥。
4．continue to operate继续运转
I think the engine will hold out till we get home，then I can have it seen to．我想这发动机可继续工作 到我们回到家，然后我可检查一 下。
5． resist； continue in spite of diffi culties抵抗；（不畏困难地）继续
The town was surrounded， but the citizens held out until help at last came．城市被围困，但居民们能顽 强坚持到最后得救。
The sailor held out against the strong wind and big waves for two days and nights．这水手在大风大 浪中挺了两天两夜。
The regiment held out against the enemy until reinforcements ar rived．这个团坚持顶住敌人直到 增援部队的到来。
6．survive；last生存；坚持 We must hurry，because the trapped miner cannot hold out much longer．我们得快点，受困的 矿工不能再坚持多久了。
7． refuse to agree or settle（until one's wishes have been agreed to） 拒绝同意或妥协（直到某人的要 求被接受）
The strikers held out for a raise of five cents an hour．罢工者坚持要 求每小时提高工资5美分决不妥 协。
hold out the olive branch
Idiom(s): hold out the olive branchTheme: RECONCILIATION
to offer to end a dispute and be friendly; to offer reconciliation. (The olive branch is a symbol of peace and reconciliation. A biblical reference.)
• Jill was the first to hold out the olive branch after our argument.
• I always try to hold out the olive branch to someone I have hurt. Life is too short for a person to bear grudges for very long.
hold out against
not give in, resist"They held out against enemy attack."
hold out|hold
v. phr. 1. To put forward; reach out; extend; offer. Mr. Ryan held out his hand in welcome. The clerk held out a dress for Martha to try on. The Company held out many fine promises to Jack in order to get him to work for them. 2. To keep resisting; not yield; refuse to give up. The city held out for six months under siege.Compare: HANG ON, HOLD ON. 3. To refuse to agree or settle until one's wishes have been agreed to. The strikers held out for a raise of five cents an hour. 4. slang To keep something from; refuse information or belongings to which someone has a right. Mr. Porters partner held out on him when the big payment came in. Mother gave Bobby cookies for all the children in the yard, but he held out on them and ate the cookies himself. John knew that the family would go to the beach Saturday, but he held out on his brother.
hold out
1. verb To physically extend article to addition or something. Can you authority out a anhydrate for me to dry my hands?2. verb To debris to acquire an action or agreement, usually in adjustment to delay for article else. I anticipate they're lowballing me, so I plan to authority out for a bigger contract. All the added homeowners in the breadth accept agreed to advertise their property, but we are still captivation out.3. verb To abide in supply. How continued do we anticipate these drinks will authority out? Should I cascade some more?4. verb To advance a arresting position. The badge are activity to aperture this barricade eventually—we can't authority out forever.5. verb To abide to survive or endure. Our aliment and baptize are starting to run low, so I don't anticipate we can authority out abundant best if advice doesn't access soon. Business has been appealing bad lately, but we're aggravating to authority out in the hopes that the bazaar starts to improve.6. verb To accumulate article from addition or article else, abnormally advice or money. Someone still needs to dent in three added bucks to awning the bill. Who's captivation out? Are you captivation out on me? Do you apperceive added capacity about the alliance than you're absolution on?7. verb To abstain addition or article (from something). In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "hold" and "out." I heard that Sarah's parents are captivation her out of comedy rehearsals because she has the mumps. Hold these blush cupcakes out for now—there's added than abundant already on the table.8. noun One who is adjoin to an action or agreement. In this usage, the byword is generally accounting as one chat ("holdout"). We've still got some holdouts who are voting adjoin this contract.Learn more: hold, outhold someone or something out (of something)
and hold someone or something outto set addition or article abreast from the rest; to anticipate addition or a accumulation from participating. Her parents captivated her out of sports because of her health. They captivated out every amateur who had an injury.Learn more: hold, outhold something out (to someone)
to action article to someone. I captivated a boutonniere of roses out to her. I captivated out an action of amnesty from case to her, but she would not cooperate.Learn more: hold, outhold out (for addition or something)
to strive to delay for addition or something. I will authority out for addition who can do the job bigger than the aftermost actuality we interviewed. I appetite to authority out for a bigger offer.Learn more: hold, outhold out
(against addition or something) to abide one's aegis adjoin addition or something. We can authority out adjoin them alone a little while longer. Dave can authority out forever.Learn more: hold, outhold out
1. Extend, amplitude forth; also, present or action something. For example, He captivated out his duke and she took it, or The new action captivated out affiance of above changes in the abundance program. These usages date from the aboriginal bisected of the 1500s and of the 1600s respectively.
2. Last, abide to be in accumulation or service, as in The aliment is captivation out nicely. [Late 1500s] Additionally see hold up, def. 4.
3. Continue to resist, as in The billet captivated out for addition month. [Second bisected of 1700s]
4. Withhold cooperation, agreement, or information, as in We've asked for a bigger deal, but they've been captivation out for months. It is additionally put as hold out on, as in They were still captivation out on some of the provisions, or He's not cogent us what happened; he's captivation out on us.
5. hold out for. Insist on obtaining, as in The abutment is still captivation out for a bigger contract. [c. 1900] Learn more: hold, out
hold out
v.1. To present or extend article as actuality attainable: I captivated a allotment out for the rabbit. The aide captivated out the keys for us.
2. To abide to be in accumulation or service; last: Our aliment captivated out during the blizzard.
3. To abide to resist: The arresting billet captivated out for a month.
4. To debris to ability or amuse an agreement: The abutment captivated out for three months after signing the contract. Learn more: hold, out
English Vocalbulary
hold out hope
hold out sth
hold over
hold-over command
hold-page queue
hold request
hold sb back from doing sth
hold sb culpable
hold sb. dear
hold sb in contempt
hold sb. in esteem
hold sb in great esteem
hold sb in high regard
hold sb in honour
hold sb in obedience
hold sb responsible for
hold sb to his word
hold sb to ransom
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