hold out ( holding, held, holds )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you hold out your hand or something you have in your hand, you move your hand away from your body, for example to shake hands with someone. 伸出 (手或手里的东西)

  例：

  "I'm Nancy Drew," she said, holding out her hand.

  “我是南希·德鲁”，她边说边伸出手来。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you hold out for something, you refuse to accept something which you do not think is good enough or large enough, and you continue to demand more. 拒绝妥协

  例：

  I should have held out for a better deal.

  我本应坚持要求更好的条件。

• 3. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you say that someone is holding out on you, you think that they are refusing to give you information that you want. 隐瞒 (信息) [非正式]

  例：

  He had always believed that kids could sense it when you held out on them.

  他一直认为，如果对孩子们有所隐瞒的话，他们能够感觉得到。

• 4. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you hold out, you manage to resist an enemy or opponent in difficult circumstances and refuse to give in. 坚持抵抗

  例：

  One prisoner was still holding out on the roof of the jail.

  一名囚犯仍在监狱的屋顶上拒不投降。

• 5. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you hold out hope of something happening, you hope that in the future something will happen as you want it to. 寄予 (希望)

  例：

  He still holds out hope that they could be a family again.

  他仍然希望他们能够再次成为一家人。