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1.举起;抬起;提起；竖起；伸出；拿起

She held up her hand stiffly.

她直挺挺地举着手。

Her eyes flashed, but he held up a hand. 'Let me finish.'

她眼光一闪，但他举起一只手说：“让我把话讲完。”

Hold up your right hand.

举起你的右手。

I held up one finger to check him.

我竖起一根手指头制止了他。

His gloved hand held up a computer disk.

他用那只戴着手套的手拿起一张光盘。

She suddenly held up a small, bony finger and pointed across the room

她突然伸出一根瘦小的手指，指向屋子的另一头。

2.支撑;支承

Women hold up half the sky.

妇女能顶半边天。

How are you holding up?

你是怎么撑下来的？（问候正在经历逆境磨难困难等的人）《绝望主妇》

Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof.

工厂里四处都立有铁柱支撑着房顶。

3.耽搁;阻延；停滞；耽搁

Why were you holding everyone up?

你为什么耽搁了大家？

I was held up on the way and so I was late.

途中遇事耽搁，故未能按期到达。

Continuing violence could hold up progress towards reform.

持续的暴力活动可能会阻延改革的进程。

The invasion was held up by unexpectedly stout resistance.

入侵行动因遭遇到了出乎意料的顽强抵抗而受阻。

My bet is that they've been held up in traffic.

我估计他们是堵车了。

Traffic was held up for a few hours.

交通中断了几小时。

When passengers are using a zebra crossing, traffic is held up.

行人走斑马线时，交通就阻塞了

The sale has been held up because the price is reckoned to be too high.

销售陷入停滞，因为大家认为价格太高了。

Meanwhile, United Nations plans to start air dropping food to rural villages are being held up.

与此同时，联合国向乡村空投食物的计划被搁置。

Efforts to staunch the spill of crude oil from a tanker off the north coast of Scotland are being held up by gale force winds.

为阻止苏格兰北部沿海一艘油轮的原油泄漏所进行的堵漏工作因风暴天气而告中断。

Traffic was completely held up by the procession [ paraders].

游行队伍把路口全都叉住了。

4.持械抢劫

His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen

他的车遭遇拦劫，随后他被4名持枪歹徒劫持。

Two masked men held up a mail van.

两个戴面具的人拦路抢劫了一辆邮车。

A thief ran off with hundreds of pounds yesterday after holding up a petrol station.

一名窃贼昨天持械抢劫一家加油站后带着数百英镑逃跑了。

Masked men held up a wages van in South London.

蒙面人在伦敦南部抢劫了一辆运钞车

5.举出…作为批评（或赞扬）的对象

She said the picture that had appeared in a Sunday newspaper had held her up to ridicule.

她说一份周日的报纸上刊登的照片使她备受嘲讽。

The process of judicial selection was held up to ridicule.

司法选举的过程成为了笑柄。

The gutter press has held the royals up to ridicule.

黄色报刊公然奚落皇室成员。

She was always ready to catch people on the raw and hold them up to ridicule.

她专爱揭短处，挑人长相。

It's not fair to hold me up to ridicule because I can't spell!

因为我拼不出来就讥笑我，这是不公平的。

6.维持;保持良好；忍受

Children's wear is one area that is holding up well in the recession.

童装是经济衰退中仍然保持良好发展的一个领域。

That's the primary reason the company's share price has held up so well

这是公司股票价格一直居高不下的主要原因。

It has been apparent that in other areas standards have held up well

显然，这些标准在其他地区执行得很好。

I hope that the fine weather will hold up for some more days.

我希望晴天再持续几天。

I thought that no one else could hold up such pain.

我认为任何别的人都忍受不住这样的疼痛。

7.（论点、理论等）经受得住检验

I'm not sure if the argument holds up, but it's stimulating.

我不能肯定该论点是否经得起检验，但它很有新意。

来源：翅膀英语一点号