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词汇 hold-down
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hold someone/something down


phrasal verb with holdverbuk /həʊld/ us /hoʊld/held | held
to keep someone or something in a particular place or position and to stop him, her, or it from moving: 把…按住;使…无法动弹
He was struggling so much it took three officers to hold him down.他挣扎得很凶,用了3名警察才将他制服。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Immobility
anti-jamming
be locked in something
boxed in
budge
cataleptic
frozen
jam
jammed
lifelessly
lock
motionless
motionlessly
moveless
pin
standing
statically
stationary
stock-still
time stands stillidiom
transfixed

hold something down


phrasal verb with holdverbuk /həʊld/ us /hoʊld/held | held
to keep something, especially costs, at a low level: 保持…处于低水平;(尤指)保持(低成本)
to hold down prices/wages平抑价格/工资
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Limiting and restricting
anti-libertarian
armlock
boundary
box someone out
box someone/something in
crippling
cripplingly
crowd
curb
curtail
keep (herself) to herselfidiom
limit
limitation
limitative
limiting
suffocatingly
tempered
tie someone down
tie someone up
uncrippled

hold down something | American Dictionary


hold down something


phrasal verb with holdverbus/hoʊld/past tense and past participleheldus/held/

(STAY WORKING)


to stay working in a job:
He’s never been able to hold down a steady job.

hold down something


phrasal verb with holdverbus/hoʊld/past tense and past participleheldus/held/

(MAINTAIN LEVEL)


to maintain something at a low level:
Hold down the noise in there, kids!

hold sth down | Business English


hold sth down


phrasal verb with holdverbuk /həʊld/usheld | held
to keep something at a low level or to prevent it from rising:
The Fed held down interest rates to encourage growth in the economy.
to be able to keep a job:
He couldn't hold down a job for more than a few months at a time.
She had three children, and still managed to hold down a full-time job.
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