1PHRASAL VERB 举起;抬起;提起 If you hold up your hand or something you have in your hand, you move it upwards into a particular position and keep it there. 举起;抬起;提起
She held up her hand stiffly. [VERBPREP. noun]
她直挺挺地举着手。
Hold it up so that we can see it. [VERB noun PREP.]
3PHRASAL VERB 耽搁;阻延 To hold up a person or process means to make them late or delay them. →see usage note at:cancel耽搁;阻延
Why were you holding everyone up?.
你为什么耽搁了大家?
Continuing violence could hold up progress towards reform.
持续的暴力活动可能会阻延改革的进程。
4PHRASAL VERB 持械抢劫 If someone holds up a place such as a bank or a shop, they point a weapon at someone there to make them give them money or valuable goods. 持械抢劫 [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
A thief ran off with hundreds of pounds yesterday after holding up a petrol station. [VERBPREP. noun]
一名窃贼昨天持械抢劫一家加油站后带着数百英镑逃跑了。
SYN rob, mug [informal], stick up [slang, mainly US], waylay
5PHRASAL VERB 举出…作为批评(或赞扬)的对象 If you hold up something such as someone's behaviour, you make it known to other people, so that they can criticize or praise it. 举出…作为批评(或赞扬)的对象 [Also V n P + as]
She said the picture that had appeared in a Sunday newspaper had held her up to ridicule. [V n Pto n]
她说一份周日的报纸上刊登的照片使她备受嘲讽。
He had always been held up as an example to the younger ones. [beV-ed P + as]
他总是被树为弟妹学习的榜样。
6PHRASAL VERB 维持;保持良好 If something such as a type of business holds up in difficult conditions, it stays in a reasonably good state. 维持;保持良好
Children's wear is one area that is holding up well in the recession. [VERBPREP.]