hold down

verb

1. restrain

e.g. please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep

2. keep

e.g. She manages to hold down two jobs

1. 保住（工作或位置）
If you hold down a job or a place in a team, you manage to keep it.

e.g. He never could hold down a job...
他从来都保不住自己的工作。
e.g. Constant injury problems had made it tough for him to hold down a regular first team place.
持续伤病使得他很难保住在球队的常规主力位置。

2. 压制;限制
If you hold someone down, you keep them under control and do not allow them to have much freedom or power or many rights.

hold down的近义词

e.g. Everyone thinks there is some vast conspiracy wanting to hold down the younger generation.
大家都认为有一个想压制年轻一代的大阴谋。

1. hold down的反义词

1. 抑制：解决慢收敛问题的另一个技术使用了抑制(hold down)法. 抑制法迫使参与协议工作的路由器,在收到关于某网络不可达的信息后的一段固定时间内,忽略任何关于该网络的路由信息. 这段抑制时间的典型长度是60秒.

2. 压制;抑制(热情等)：hold back 踌躇,退缩不前,阻止 | hold down 压制;抑制(热情等) | hold in 约束,抑制

3. 制止;控制;缩减：hand down 递给;传递下来;世代相传 | hold down 制止;控制;缩减 | put down 写下;记下;镇压;放下

4. 控制：227 hold back 踌躇,退缩,阻止 | 228 hold down 控制 | 229 hold on to 紧紧抓住,坚持