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.
  1. He never could hold down a job...
     他从来都保不住自己的工作。
  2. 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。
• 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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

verb

• restrain
  1. please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep
• keep
  1. She manages to hold down two jobs

双语例句

• He never could hold down a job
  他从来都保不住自己的工作。
• Get him to the humvees. we'll hold down the corner.
  把他抬上悍马车，我们来掩护。
• I can hold down the fort here for20 minutes.
  我可以在这里坚持二十分钟。
• He couldn't hold down a job after his breakdown.
  他病倒以后，工作也就保不住了。
• You do not have to hold down two keys at once.
  您不必同时按下两个键。
• 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。
• 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。
• Please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep.
  请小点声，邻居们要睡觉了。
• 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。
• You have to hold down those people.
  你必须压制住这些人。