今天，我們一起看一下與hold相關的短語。
1、hold sb/sth back 攔阻、阻擋；妨礙進展
The police were unable to hold back the crowd.警察阻攔不住人群。
Do you think that mixed-ability classes hold back the better students?你認為把不同能力的學生混合在一起的班級會妨礙較高水平學生的進步嗎？
2、hold sth back 抑制、控制（感情等），不露聲色
She just managed to hold back her anger.她勉強壓住了自己的怒火。
3、hold sb down 按住某人；剝奪某人的自由（或權利）
It took three men to hold him down.三個人才把他制伏了。
The people are held down by a repressive regime.人民受到了專制政權的壓迫。
4、hold sth down 使保持低水平；保住（工作、職位）；限制（尤指噪音）
The rate of inflation must be held down.通貨膨脹率必須控制在低水平上。
She was unable to hold down a job after his breakdown.她精神崩潰以後就沒能保住工作。
Hold it down, will you? I'm trying to sleep!小點聲行嗎？我要睡覺！
5、hold off (雨或風暴) 不開始、延遲；推遲
The rain held off just long enough for us to have our picnic.雨還好，等到我們用完野餐才下起來。
We could get a new computer now or hold off until prices are lower.我們現在就可以買新計算機，不然就等到降價再說。
6、hold on 等著、停住；（在困境或危險中）堅持住、挺住；（電話用語）別掛斷、等一下
Hold on a minute while I get my breath back.稍等一下，讓我喘口氣。
They managed to hold on until help arrived.他們勉強堅持到救援到來。
Can you hold on? I'll see if he's here.等一下行嗎？我去看看他在不在。
今天，關於hold的用法就說這麼多，您都知道了嗎？如果文章對您有幫助，請您關注、點讚、評論。