〈 hold.over 〉

【名詞】

1 留任官員, 繼任人員, 留任者

2 殘餘物, 遺痕, 遺物

3 〔美〕 留級生

〈 1．postpone延期；推遲 〉

*The meeting was held over until next week．會議延期到下一週。

*Let's hold the matter over until the next meeting， because it's too late to begin a discussion on it now．咱們把這個問題推遲到下次會上再討論吧，現在太晚了，不能對這個問題展開討論了。

*The directors held over their decision until they could get more in formation.董事會決定延期，等到有更多的信息時再作決定。

2． continue or keep until a later time期滿後繼續延長

*They are going to hold that movie over for another week．他們打算延長一週繼續放映那部電影。

*The old treasurer held over for six months when the new treasurer died suddenly．新任會計突然死亡，老會計繼續留任6個月。

*Miss Wang will hold over till a successor is appointed.王小姐將留任到繼任者上任為止。

*The actors cannot be held over without additional pay．不付額外工資演員們是不可能超期再演出的。

3.keep保存

*Please hold over the rest of the goods．請保存其餘貨物。

4．threaten；use…as a threat以某事威脅

*He is holding my past record over me．他用我過去的檔案記載來威脅我。

*He knows I have been to prison and is holding it over me．他知道我坐過牢，就以此要挾我。

*hold still remain quiet； not move靜止

*How can I take your picture if you don't hold still？如果你不安靜下來，我怎麼能給你照相呢？