抑制；压制；保有

hold down───抑制；压制；保有

holds down───抑制；压制；保有

bed down───v.铺床睡；安排舒服地睡觉

fell down───倒下；感到闷闷不乐

hand down───宣布；把…传下去

held on───不挂断电话，等一下；继续

hull down───船体向下

melt down───熔化；融掉

send down───把…向下发送；使下降（价格等）；开除

The market was held down by profit-taking in the banking sector yesterday.───股市昨天因银行方面套利持续走低。

The people are held down by a repressive regime.───人民受到了专制政权的压迫。

rate of inflation must be held down.───通货膨胀率必须控制在低水平上。

For most of the last 30 years, goods prices had been held down, in part, by cheap imports from low-wage countries like China.───过去30年的大部分时间里，一定程度上受中国等低薪国家输美产品价格便宜影响，商品价格一直保持在低水平。

"One soldier held down each one of them with a boot; another came with a knife, " he said. "I could hear their screams. "───“一名士兵用靴子挨个按下去，另外一人拿着刀子过来”他说。“我能听到他们的惨叫声。”

Like this little vessel that would rise up to heaven were it not held down by ballast - bags of sand.───就像这个小艇，如果不是由沙袋压着，它就可以升到天空。

Start with a length of each stroke with one arm held down to your side.───开始每个有距离的泳姿只用一只胳膊。

Inflation has been held down by those cheap imports, enabling the Bank to keep interest rates lower than would otherwise have been the case.───这些廉价的进口品抑制了通货膨胀，使英国央行得以将利率保持在比其它情况更低的水平。

The video showed the girl being held down and hit with a strap and she cried out in pain.───录像带里，这个女孩被按下用鞭子抽打，她因为疼痛而大叫。

The people were held down for centuries by their conquerors.

The whole nation was held down by the cruel rule of the king.

The people are held down by a repressive regime.

Who held down your children then?

What's the longest she's held down a job?

He's never held down a job for longer than a few weeks.

The people are held down by a vicious and repressive military regime.

The people who were held down ruthlessly would not yield to aggressors.

The rate of inflation must be held down.