hold by . adhere to；accept坚持；接受

We'll hold by our decision.我们将 坚持我们的决定。

He always holds by his own opinion．他总是坚持他自己的意见。

I don't hold by such foolish ideas． 我不接受这类愚蠢的想法。

hold by support；approve of 支持；扶 助；赞成；允许

Although he did not hold by us， he honored us.虽然他没有支持我 们，但是他尊重我们。

hold down .  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。

hold down .  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。

hold down .  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。

hold down . 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。

hold down . 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 forth . offer； propose提出（供）

The manager held forth a promise of advancement to the more successful salesmen．经理提出了要提拔 成绩突出的推销员的诺言。

I have no idea to hold forth．我没 有什么意见可提。

The director held forth a way to do the job．主任提供了一种方法 去做这工作。

hold forth . speak at length高谈阔论

The speaker held forth on the same theme for at least two hours．演讲 者就同一话题至少讲了有两个钟 头。

He was holding forth on free trade．他在高谈阔论自由贸易问 题。

When we entered the auditorium，the speaker was holding forth on the shortcomings of the young students．当我们进入大礼堂时，演讲 者正在谈论青年学生的缺点。

hold forth . take place举行；发生

In winter， the three northeastern provinces of our country are a region where a great variety of winter sports hold forth．在冬季，我 国东北三省是举行各种各样冬季 体育活动的好地方。

hold good for  . hold true for  .  remain valid； effective有效；适用

The firm's promise holds good for all its products．该公司的承诺对 其各种产品均有效。

These rules should hold good in many cases.这些规章制度应当在 许多情况下都适用。

The contract holds good for five years．这合同有效期为五年。

Your remarks do not hold good in this case．你的话在这种场合不适 合。

But if this is the case then why doesn't the same hold true for men? 但如果是这样的话，那为什么对男人而言就不同了呢？

hold in . control or restrain控制；抑制

Your horse is going too fast；you must hold it in．你的马跑得太快 了，你得勒住些。

My mother is good at holding in her emotions．我母亲很善于克制 自己的感情。

hold in . contain oneself； exercise restraint忍耐；克制自己

He was raging inside，but held himself in for fear of saying something he would regret．

他内心 很生气，不过他忍着，生怕说出他 会后悔的话。

He wanted to speak up but thought better of it and held in．他真想开 口说话，但仔细想想还是忍住了。

hold off . （cause to） remain at a distance；be aloof（使）拉开距离；（使）不接 近；疏远；冷漠

His cold manner holds people off． 他的冷漠态度使人不敢接近。

Finally he came to realize it was his haughtiness that held people off． 他终于意识到是他的傲慢态度使人不敢同他接近。

Mr．Flynn holds off from everybody． I think he is shy．弗林先生远离大家。我想他是害羞。

The ship held off from the shore because of dangerous crosswinds.由于危险的侧风，船没有靠岸。

hold off . delay； postpone拖延；延期

As so many different ideas were put forward，they had to hold off making the decision there and then．因为各种各样的意见提了一大堆，所以他们当场只好不作决定。

Jack held off paying for the television set until the dealer fixed it ．杰克拖延到商家把电视机装好才付钱。

hold off .  resist 抵抗

Our task is to hold off the enemy's attack for a few hours.我们的任务是将敌军的进攻抵挡住几小时。

The police had difficulty in holding the fans off when the pop star was getting in the car．当那位流行歌星上汽车时，警察费了很大劲儿才把歌迷们阻挡住。

hold off .  fail to appear（天气）未出现；拖延

The rain held off for the whole morning，although we had all expected a storm．虽然我们都预料到要有一场暴雨，但整个上午都没有下下来。

The weather forecast predicts that the rain will hold off till this evening．天气预报说这场雨要到今天晚上才会下。