| 短语 | hold down |
| 释义 | hold down a job to succeed in keeping a job for a period of time保住工作（职位）:•He's never held down a job for longer than a few weeks.他从未能把一份工作保住几周以上。hold down1. control or limit the freedom of; keep in obedience 压制；使服从 * Kings used to know very well how to hold down the people. 国王很了解如何使人民服从他们。2. keep on the ground or in place 固定在地上或原地 * The police held the man down to prevent him escaping. 警察把这人按倒在地上以防他逃跑。 * We must hold the tents down because of the strong wind. 风很大，我们必须把帐篷固定住。3. work satisfactorily at; keep (a job) 顺利地工作；保住（工作） * Mr. Wang has held down the tough job for a long time. 王先生干这份艰苦的工作已经很长时间了。 * He seems to be unable to hold any job down. 似乎他什么工作都保不住。 * My father holds down quite a good job in the university. 我爸爸在这所大学有份相当好的工作。4.restrain; check;control; keep at a low level 压制；压低；控制；缩减 * Hold down the noise！将声音放低一点。 * These measures helped to hold down traffic accidents. 这些措施有助于减少交通事故。 * When Bob gets mad, you can't hold him down. 鲍勃发火的时候，你无法控制他。 * We should hold down our expenditure. 我们应该压缩开支。 * Last year we had to hold down the enrolment because of the cuts in the grants. 由于补助金减少，我们去年不得不压缩招生人数。5.take care of 照应；照料 * Her neighbour held down her family duties while she was out on an errand. 她出差期间，她的邻居料理她的家务。hold down1.压制;抑制(热情、感情等)：We should not hold down their enthusiasm，we should encourage them to go on further.我们不应当抑制他们的热情，我们要鼓励他们继续前进。2.压低(等级、价格等);缩减：We must hold down the production cost，improve the quality and increase patterns and variety of our products. 我们必须降低产品的生产成本，提高产品质量和增加产品的花色品种。3.垂下：When little Tom met his new teacher，he held down his head and dared not see her. 当小汤姆遇到他的新老师时，他垂下头不敢看她。4.〈口语〉保持住(职位)：Henry is much contented with his new post，so he does everything to show his competence so as to hold down the post. 亨利对于他的新职位非常满意，所以他用一切办法显示他的能力以保持住这个职位。 |
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