1PHRASAL VERB 伸出(手等);递出 If you hold out your hand or something you have in your hand, you move your hand away from your body, for example to shake hands with someone. 伸出(手等);递出
'I'm Nancy Drew,' she said, holding out her hand. [VERBPREP. noun]
“我是南希·德鲁,”她伸出手来说。
Max held out his cup for a refill. [VERBPREP. noun (not pronoun)]
2PHRASAL VERB 坚持要求;拒绝妥协 If you hold out for something, you refuse to accept something which you do not think is good enough or large enough, and you continue to demand more. 坚持要求;拒绝妥协
I should have held out for a better deal. [VERBPREP. + for]
我应该坚持要求更优厚的条件的。
He can only hold out a few more weeks. [VERBPREP.]
3PHRASAL VERB (对…)隐瞒信息 If you say that someone is holding out on you, you think that they are refusing to give you information that you want. (对…)隐瞒信息 [informal] [Also VERBPREPOSITION]
He had always believed that kids could sense it when you held out on them. [VERBPREP. + on]
他一直相信,如果对孩子有所隐瞒的话,他们能感觉得到。
4PHRASAL VERB 坚持抵抗;坚决顶住 If you hold out, you manage to resist an enemy or opponent in difficult circumstances and refuse to give in. 坚持抵抗;坚决顶住
The guerrillas were holding out in the Paghman valley. [VERBPREP.]
游击队员正在帕格曼山谷地区坚持抵抗。
One prisoner was still holding out on the roof of the jail. [VERBPREP.]
一名犯人仍在监狱的房顶上顽抗。
5PHRASAL VERB 寄予(希望) If you hold out hope of something happening, you hope that in the future something will happen as you want it to. 寄予(希望)
He still holds out hope that they could be a family again. [VERBPREP. noun]