hold (someone or something) dear

To consider someone or something to be very valuable or important, especially at a personal level. Even though this old pocket watch doesn't work anymore, I still hold it dear as it was the last thing my grandfather ever gave me. I consider myself a pretty gregarious person, but there are only a few people I truly hold dear. We purport to hold these values dear, but our actions contradict them.See also: dear, hold

hold somebody/something ˈdear

(formal) feel that somebody/something is of great value: He laughed at the ideas they held dear.See also: dear, hold, somebody, something

单词	hold (someone or something) dear
释义	hold (someone or something) dear hold (someone or something) dear To consider someone or something to be very valuable or important, especially at a personal level. Even though this old pocket watch doesn't work anymore, I still hold it dear as it was the last thing my grandfather ever gave me. I consider myself a pretty gregarious person, but there are only a few people I truly hold dear. We purport to hold these values dear, but our actions contradict them.See also: dear, hold hold somebody/something ˈdear (formal) feel that somebody/something is of great value: He laughed at the ideas they held dear.See also: dear, hold, somebody, something
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