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's never managed to hold down a job for more than six months.
  他从未设法保持一份工作超过六个月。
• He never could hold down a job
  他从来都保不住自己的工作。
• He took a dictionary to hold down the test papers for fear that they might be blown away by the wind.
  他拿了本词典压住试卷，以防被风吹掉。
• 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。
• Did they think that their policy would hold down inflation?
  他们认为他们的政策能抑制通货膨胀吗？
• You do not have to hold down two keys at once.
  您不必同时按下两个键。
• He couldn't hold down a job after his breakdown.
  他病倒以后，工作也就保不住了。
• 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。
• If you just hold down the fort here and remain calm.
  你在这边等一下，保持冷静。
• So you'll have to hold down two jobs over there.
  所以你在那里必须负责两种任务。