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 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。
• Your excuse simply doesn't hold water.
  你那借口根本站不住脚嘛。
• These charges are trumped up and cannot hold water.
  这些罪名是捏造的，是站不住脚的。
• That argument is untenable ( or does not hold water).
  这个论点不能成立。
• 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）。
• If it can hold water, it is strong.
  如果这个容器能装水，它就是坚固的。
• 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。
• Some people say*, but it does not hold water.
  有些人说，但这是站不住脚的。
• 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。
• This could hold water, or it could be empty.
  这可以保持水的，也可能是空的。