hold over

延期

例句与用法：

I don't know why she doesn't leave him-he must have some sort of hold over her.

我不明白她为什么不离开他——他一定有一种左右她的力量。

The matter was held over until the next meeting.

此事被延至下次会议解决。

He has a tremendous hold over his younger brother.

他对他弟弟很有影响。

1. 延期

The concert was held over till the following week.

音乐会延期到下周举行。

2. 以……威胁

He's holding my past record over me.

他用我的过去来威胁我。

hold over

词义辨析：

同义参见:

suspend

postpone

hold over1.■推迟，使延期：You can hold over the matter till next week.你可以延缓到下星期处理这件事。2.■逾期延续：What did you do the days when you held over for another week after having finished your work in Europe?任务完成之后，你在欧洲又多逗留了一周，在这一星期里你都干了什么?3.■期满后留任：The President said that he would hold over until a new one was selected.总统宣称(由于推迟大选)在新总统选举出来之前他将留任。4.■保留；保有：He has some photos which held over his purity before he became a killer.他手中有几张在他成为杀手之前的仍是纯洁少年的照片。5.■【音乐】(音)延长到下一拍，使(音)从一拍延长到下一拍：Not to hold over this note into the next measure.别把这个音符延长到下一拍。6.■(以某事)威胁(某人)；以…相威胁：I knew well that he had my daughter in his hands, and he must hold it over me.我清楚地知道，他手中有我的女儿，他一定会以此来威胁我的。

hold over

名词 hold over:

an official who remains in office after his term

同义词：holdover, hangover

something that has survived from the past

同义词：hangover, holdover

动词 hold over:

intimidate somebody (with a threat)

hold over goods to be sold for the next season

同义词：carry over

keep in a position or state from an earlier period of time

continue a term of office past the normal period of time

hold back to a later time

同义词：postpone, prorogue, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off

hold over