高考英语实用短语 hold water
释义:
hold water 站得住脚;合情合理;说得通;能盛水
例句:
This theory also fails to hold water.
这种理论也站不住脚。
That argument is untenable. /The argument does not hold water.
这个论点不能成立。
For the best results, carrots should be grown in sandy soil that does not hold water for a long time. The soil also should have no rocks.
为了达到最佳的种植结果,胡萝卜应该生长在沙质土壤中,且长期不能含水,土壤中也不能有岩石。
If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it.
如果这个容器装上水后不漏,那这个容器就没有漏洞。
I think his statements does not hold water.
我认为他的声明站不住脚。
Hair on your skin can hold water droplets too. A hairy leg may get sunburned more quickly than a shaved one.
皮肤上的汗毛也能保存水滴。毛茸茸的腿晒黑的速度比光溜溜的腿更快。
One eof my business partners has many interesting new ideas, but he's a little impractical, and often they don't hold water.
我的一位商业伙伴有很多有趣的新创意,但他有点不切实际,这些创意经常解释不通。
The suggestion that speculators deliberately manipulate markets to earn profits through bubbles and busts simply does not hold water.
那些声称投资者通过故意操纵市场,利用泡沫的产生和破灭来赢取利润的理论根本站不住脚。
But the argument that Japan needs to intervene in the currency markets because the yen is too strong doesn't hold water.
但是辩称日本需要在货币市场进行干预是因为日元太强并不成立。
From the foregoing discussion, we can come to the conclusion that accepting the same number of male and female students in every subject does not hold water; therefore, it is totally unadvisable.
基于以上论证,我们可以看出:坚持招收同比例的学生数目没有道理,因此,是不可取的作法。