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

• Please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep.
  请小点声，邻居们要睡觉了。
• We must hold down prices.
  我们必须控制物价。
• 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。
• Adjusts the speed at which a character repeats when you hold down a key.
  调整当你按住一个键时字符的重复速率。
• He's never been able to hold down a steady job.
  他始终未能保持一份稳定的工作。
• 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。
• Hold down that noise! mother is sleeping.
  声音小一点！妈妈在睡觉。
• He never could hold down a job
  他从来都保不住自己的工作。
• We shall hold down prices until the new year.
  我们会抑制价格上涨，直到新的一年来临。
• 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。