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

• If your argument can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes.
  如果这个论点能够holdwater，它就是没有任何漏洞的，可靠而有说服力的。
• None of his arguments seemed to me to hold water.
  在我看来，他的观点没有一个是站的住脚的。
• What he said in his papers cannot hold water.
  他在文章中所说的站不住脚。
• I think his statement does not hold water.
  我想他的声明是站不住脚的。
• This theory also fails to hold water.
  这种理论也站不住脚。
• 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。
• 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。
• The argument doesn't hold water ( or hold up).
  这一论点站不住脚。
• None of your arguments seemed to me to hold water.
  照我看来，你那些论点没有一个能站得住脚。
• 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。