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

• Your theory does not hold water.
  你的理论经不起考验。
• His explanation of where he got the money from just doesn't hold water.
  他对这笔钱的来源的解释是站不住脚的。
• 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。
• 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）。
• This argument simply cannot hold water in Europe.
  这个论点在欧洲根本就站不住脚。
• These charges are trumped up and cannot hold water.
  这些罪名是捏造的，是站不住脚的。
• Clay soils hold water for longer periods while sandy soils hold less water.
  粘土持有较长时间的水，而沙质土壤持水少。
• I think those official papers will hold water.
  我认为这些正式文件是站得住脚的。
• 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。