"their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks"
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N-COUNT A holdout is someone who refuses to agree or act with other people in a particular situation and by doing so stops the situation from progressing or being resolved. 拒不同意者; 拒不行动者; 拒不让步者 [美国英语]
France has been the holdout in trying to negotiate an end to the dispute.
法国在解决这次争端的谈判中拒不让步。
He says major holdouts include the United States, Russia, China, India, Pakistan and Israel.
目前的主要反对国包括美国、俄罗斯、中国、印度、巴基斯坦和以色列。
Their 1993 paper reported that 9.1% of the economists gave no money at all — more than twice as many holdouts as in any other field.
他们在1993年的一篇论文中透露，其中9.1%的经济学家没有任何捐款，这个比例是其他领域的教授的两倍多。
The survivors, discovered in the mountains of Columbia, might be the last holdouts of the painted frog (Atelopus ebenoides marinkellei).
据美国“生活科学”网5月18日报道，这些幸存者是人们在哥伦比亚境内的山脉中发现的。 它们或许是最后一批仅存于世的油彩蛙(painted frog)。
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