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
