| 单词 | hold out |
| 释义 | hold out 1. phrasal verb 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. 'I'm Nancy Drew,' she said, holding out her hand. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Max held out his cup for a refill. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 2. phrasal verb 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. I should have held out for a better deal. [VERB PARTICLE + for] He can only hold out a few more weeks. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. phrasal verb If you say that someone is holding out on you, you think that they are refusing to give you information that you want. [informal] He had always believed that kids could sense it when you held out on them. [VERB PARTICLE + on] 4. phrasal verb If you hold out, you manage to resist an enemy or opponent in difficult circumstances and refuse to give in. We can't hold out against this army much longer. [VERB PARTICLE] One prisoner was still holding out on the roof of the jail. [VERB PARTICLE] 5. phrasal verb See full dictionary entry for hold If you hold out hope of something happening, you hope that in the future something will happen as you want it to. He still holds out hope that they could be a family again. [VERB PARTICLE noun] |
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