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

• I think his statement does not hold water.
  我想他的声明是站不住脚的。
• 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。
• Your excuse simply doesn't hold water.
  你那借口根本站不住脚嘛。
• 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。
• His account of the robbery won't hold water.
  他对抢劫案经过的陈述漏洞百出。
• That argument is untenable ( or does not hold water).
  这个论点不能成立。
• What he said in his papers cannot hold water.
  他在文章中所说的站不住脚。
• 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。
• I'm sorry, but your story just doesn't hold water.
  对不起，你说的并不能说明问题。
• This theory also fails to hold water.
  这种理论也站不住脚。