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 excuse simply doesn't hold water.
  你那借口根本站不住脚嘛。
• The argument doesn't hold water ( or hold up).
  这一论点站不住脚。
• Some people say*, but it does not hold water.
  有些人说，但这是站不住脚的。
• Your theory does not hold water.
  你的理论经不起考验。
• This theory also fails to hold water.
  这种理论也站不住脚。
• 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）。
• 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 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。
• 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 account of the robbery won't hold water.
  他对抢劫案经过的陈述漏洞百出。