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

法律

英英释义

verb

• resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
  1. Her shoes won't hold up
  2. This theory won't hold water
  Synonym:stand uphold up

双语例句

• These charges are trumped up and cannot hold water.
  这些罪名是捏造的，是站不住脚的。
• The theory may hold water.
  这理论可能行的通。
• The argument doesn't hold water ( or hold up).
  这一论点站不住脚。
• This argument might hold water if there were any examples of this in reality.
  但是如果现实生活中有任何例子是跳级还很成功的，那麽这可能还站得住脚。
• But I do not think that this view can hold water.
  但我并不认为这一观点能站得住脚。
• 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。
• He has make up his mind to prove that mary's argument doesn't hold water.
  他决心要证明玛丽的论点是站不住脚的。
• Some people say*, but it does not hold water.
  有些人说，但这是站不住脚的。
• 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。
• I think those official papers will hold water.
  我认为这些正式文件是站得住脚的。