1.举起;抬起;提起
If youhold up your hand or something you have in your hand, you move it upwards into a particular position and keep it there.
hold up
e.g. She heldup her hand stiffly...
她直挺挺地举着手。
e.g. Hold itup so that we can see it.
把它举起来让我们看看。
2.支撑;支承
If one thingholds up another, it is placed under the other thing in order to support it and prevent it from falling.
e.g. Mills have iron pillars all over the place holdingup the roof...
工厂里四处都立有铁柱支撑着房顶。
e.g. Her legs wouldn'thold herup.
她双腿都站不住了。
3.耽搁;阻延
Tohold up a person or process means to make them late or delay them.
e.g. Why were you holding everyoneup?...
你为什么耽搁了大家？
e.g. Continuing violence couldholdup progress towards reform.
持续的暴力活动可能会阻延改革的进程。
4.持械抢劫
If someoneholds up a place such as a bank or a shop, they point a weapon at someone there to make them give them money or valuable goods.
e.g. A thief ran off with hundreds of pounds yesterday after holdingup 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。
5.举出…作为批评（或赞扬）的对象
If youhold up something such as someone's behaviour, you make it known to other people, so that they can criticize or praise it.
e.g. She said the picture that had appeared in a Sunday newspaper had held herup to ridicule...
她说一份周日的报纸上刊登的照片使她备受嘲讽。
e.g. He had always been heldup as an example to the younger ones.
他总是被树为弟妹学习的榜样。
6.维持;保持良好
If something such as a type of businessholds up in difficult conditions, it stays in a reasonably good state.
e.g. Children's wear is one area that is holdingup 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。
7.（论点、理论等）经受得住检验
If an argument or theoryholds up, it is true or valid, even after close examination.
e.g. I'm not sure if the argument holdsup, 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。
8. see also: hold-up
他惊骇地举起了手。
The pillars hold up the masonry.柱子支持着石头房屋。
I decided to hold up on the news until he was sure of it.我决定暂缓发布消息，直到我确信准确无误。
The train was held up by heavy fog.火车因大雾而受阻。
She was always holding up her children as paragons of good behaviour.她总是标榜自己的孩子是品行端正的典范。
Robbers held up a bank at gunpoint.强盗持枪抢劫了一家银行。
She held up her hand stiffly...她直挺挺地举着手。
Hold it up so that we can see it.把它举起来让我们看看。
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。
Her legs wouldn't hold her up.她双腿都站不住了。
Why were you holding everyone up?...你为什么耽搁了大家？
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。
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。
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。
He had always been held up as an example to the younger ones.他总是被树为弟妹学习的榜样。
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。
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。
hold up your hands if you have any question.如有问题请举手.
Will the water supply hold up through summer?供水能持续整个夏天 吗 ?
hold up your right hand. Now, count down from ten, starting with your thumb.现在, 请举起你的右手, 从你的大拇指开始从十倒数.
Don't worry. The house will hold up.别担心, 房子不会倒下来.
Finance intermediaries in good operation can hold up and promote economy development long and steadily.运行良好的金融中介能够维护和促进一国经济的长期、稳定发展.
One night Bufflehead, while on duty, accidentally interrupted a hold up of a grocery store.一天夜里,巴福尔黑德在值勤时无意中碰上一起抢劫杂货店事件.
He was pinned by the cops for the hold up.他因抢劫被警方逮捕.
Intelligent compression software allows the frame to hold up to 2000 images without distortion or cropping.智能压缩软件可以让画面不失真持有高达2000图像或种植.
His brother tried to hold up the drugstore and was sent to jail.他的兄弟企图抢劫这个药店,结果被送进了监狱.
Harrod wanted to hold up somewhere till things cooled down.哈罗德想躲一躲,等事情平息.
They thought no one could hold up under such hardship . But we carried it through.他们满以为没有人能忍受得住这种艰苦, 但是我们还是挺过来了.
It depends on how well the weather forecasts hold up.这取决于气象预报的准确性如何.
People can hold up their noses at people, things, and places.人可傲视人 、 物及地方.
Diversity helps too, since the prices of some chemicals may hold up better than others.产品多样化也发挥一些作用, 因为有些化工产品价格可以比其他产品更稳定.
One of Mao's more famous maxims was that women hold up half the sky.毛泽东有句箴言:女人撑起半边天.
