hold water
英 [həʊld ˈwɔːtə(r)]
美 [hoʊld ˈwɔːtər]
(论点或理论)符合逻辑,站得住脚,经得起考验
英英释义
verb
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
- Her shoes won't hold up
- This theory won't hold water
双语例句
- The capacity of air to hold water vapor depends on its temperature and pressure.
空气保持水蒸气的能力取决于温度和压力。 - Your overseas work experience does not hold water in the domestic market.
你在海外的工作经验在国内市场是不管用的。 - If it can hold water, it is strong.
如果这个容器能装水,它就是坚固的。 - I think those official papers will hold water.
我认为这些正式文件是站得住脚的。 - His account of the robbery won't hold water.
他对抢劫案经过的陈述漏洞百出。 - What he said in his papers cannot hold water.
他在文章中所说的站不住脚。 - These charges are trumped up and cannot hold water.
这些罪名是捏造的,是站不住脚的。 - Prohibition may be a dispute theory, but none can complain that it do not hold water.
法可能是一则有待商榷的理论,但谁也不能埋怨它有漏洞(说不通)。 - His theory about how life on Earth began doesn't hold water.
他的关于地球上生命起源的理论站不住脚。 - If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it.
如果它可以装水,它是强大的,并在它没有孔。