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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• And that includes if it delivers a good price to hold down costs for them and their customers.
  这其中包括它是否能给一个好价钱，帮商户和顾客降低成本。
• Quick Launch Torch: Hold down Home key to quickly enable the torch when the screen is locked.
  快速发射火炬：压低家里很快使火炬关键当屏幕是锁着的。
• 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。
• To quickly copy an appointment, hold down Ctrl and drag the appointment to a new time or date.
  要迅速复制约会，按住ctrl键，然后将约会拖到新的时间或日期。
• We must hold down prices.
  我们必须控制物价。
• Click and hold down the left mouse button on the menu that you want to move.
  在要移动的菜单上单击并按住鼠标左键。
• Please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep.
  请小点声，邻居们要睡觉了。