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单词 hold down
释义 hold down
verb
Etymology: hold (I) + down
transitive verb
1.
 a. : to keep in subjection
  < conquered them but had no success in holding them down >
 b. : restrain, curb
  < noisy despite all efforts to hold them down >
2. : to retain continuously and handle competently (as a job) : hold and keep
 < a man who had held down some significant political positions >
3. : to take care of
 < some friends held down his grocery business while he was sick >
intransitive verb
: to limit oneself
 < he is not stopping smoking but holding down to three cigarettes a day >

- hold down on
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