英语词源
- hold-out (n.)
- one who abstains or refrains when others do not, by 1911, from verbal expression hold out; see hold (v.) + out. Earlier as the name of a card-sharper's device (1893).
权威例句
- 1. He struggled to hold the bike down on the banked corners.
- 拐过斜弯时他竭力将自行车把稳。
- 2. It is hard to get hold of guns in this country.
- 在这个国家里要搞到枪支是很困难的。
- 3. They can't believe you can even hold a conversation.
- 他们不敢相信你竟然能够把一场对话进行下去。
- 4. The country will hold democratic elections within a year.
- 该国将在一年之内举行民主选举。
- 5. They're likely to hold big fire sales to liquidate their inventory.
- 他们可能会举行清仓大甩卖。