初级商务英语电话沟通听力训练与常用对话示例

及物动词证实; [法]确认，批准; 使有效; 使巩固

1. 证实，证明(情况属实)
If something confirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.

e.g. X-rays have confirmed that he has not broken any bones...
X光片证实他没有骨折。
e.g. These new statistics confirm our worst fears about the depth of the recession...
这些新的统计数据证实经济衰退已经严重到我们最为担忧的境地。

及物动词容纳; 拿住，握住; 保留，保存; 扣留，拘押

不及物动词拿住，握住; 同意，赞成; 保持不变; 有效

名词握住; 保留; 控制

身体接触;支承;容纳（PHYSICALLY TOUCHING, SUPPORT-ING, OR CONTAINING）

1. 拿着;握住;托住
When you hold something, you carry or support it, using your hands or your arms.

e.g. Hold the knife at an angle...
斜握住刀。
e.g. She is holding her journal and a pen...
她手里拿着日记和一支笔。

2. （紧紧的）拿，握
Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of ,catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling.

e.g. I was woken up by someone grabbing hold of my sleeping bag...
有人猛地抓住了我的睡袋，把我惊醒了。
e.g. A doctor and a nurse caught hold of his arms...
一名医生和一名护士抓住了他的双臂。

3. （通常为表示喜爱或安慰而）拥抱，抱住
When you hold someone, you put your arms round them, usually because you want to show them how much you like them or because you want to comfort them.

e.g. If only he would hold her close to him.
要是他能将她拥入怀中就好了。

4. 用力使（某人）不得动弹
If you hold someone in a particular position, you use force to keep them in that position and stop them from moving.

e.g. He then held the man in an armlock until police arrived...
然后他反扭住那名男子的手臂让他动弹不得，直到警察赶到。
e.g. I'd got two nurses holding me down.
两名护士按着我不让我乱动。

5. （使某人不得动弹的）抓住，夹住
A hold is a particular way of keeping someone in a position using your own hands, arms, or legs.

e.g. ...use of an unauthorized hold on a handcuffed suspect.
对戴手铐的嫌疑犯使用非法的擒拿方式

6. （常指疼伤痛而）按住，捂住
When you hold a part of your body, you put your hand on or against it, often because it hurts.

e.g. Soon she was crying bitterly about the pain and was holding her throat.
很快她痛得大哭起来，同时用手捂着自己的喉咙。

7. 使（身体部位）保持（某种姿势）
When you hold a part of your body in a particular position, you put it into that position and keep it there.

e.g. Hold your hands in front of your face...
把双手举在面前。
e.g. He walked at a rapid pace with his back straight and his head held erect.
他昂首挺胸地快步而行。

8. 把…固定住
If one thing holds another in a particular position, it keeps it in that position.

e.g. ...the wooden wedge which held the heavy door open...
卡住沉重的门不让它关上的木楔
e.g. They used steel pins to hold everything in place.
他们用钢钉将所有东西都固定住。

9. 存放;盛放;装
If one thing is used to hold another, it is used to store it.

e.g. Two knife racks hold her favourite knives.
两个刀架上存放着她最心爱的刀具。
e.g. ...the large cardboard and wooden cases used to hold my new appliances.
用来装我新买的家用电器的几个大的纸箱和木箱

10. （船、飞机等的）货舱，行李舱
In a ship or aeroplane, a hold is a place where cargo or luggage is stored.

e.g. A fire had been reported in the cargo hold.
行李舱内报称起火了。

11. 储备;储存
If a place holds something, it keeps it available for reference or for future use.

e.g. The Small Firms Service holds an enormous amount of information on any business problem...
小型企业服务处备有关于各种商务问题的海量信息。
e.g. We have reviewed the data that we hold for the area.
我们已经审核过为该地区保存的数据了。

12. 容纳得下
If something holds a particular amount of something, it can contain that amount.

e.g. The small bottles don't seem to hold much...
这些小瓶子好像装不下多少。
e.g. One CD-ROM disk can hold over 100,000 pages of text.
一张光盘可以存储十多万多页的文字资料。

13. 大量喝（酒）而不醉
If you can hold your drink, you are able to drink large quantities of alcohol without becoming ill or getting drunk.

e.g. ...but you had to be able to hold your liquor.
但你得能喝酒才行。

14. （车辆）抓（地）
If a vehicle holds the road well, it remains in close contact with the road and can be controlled safely and easily.

e.g. I thought the car held the road really well.
我认为这辆车抓地性能真的非常好。

15. see also: holding

形容词可获得的; 有空的; 可购得的; 能找到的

1. 能找到的；可获得的
If something you want or need is available, you can find it or obtain it.

e.g. Since 1978, the amount of money available to buy books has fallen by 17%...
自1978年以来，可用于采购图书的经费已经减少了17％。
e.g. There are three small boats available for hire...
有3艘小船可供出租。

名词伸展，扩大; 延长，延期; [医]牵引; 电话分机

1. （房屋的）扩建部分
An extension is a new room or building which is added to an existing building or group of buildings.

2. （公路、铁路等的）延长线
An extension is a new section of a road or rail line that is added to an existing road or line.

e.g. ...the Jubilee Line extension.
银禧延长线

3. 展期；延长期
An extension is an extra period of time for which something lasts or is valid, usually as a result of official permission.

e.g. He first entered Britain on a six-month visa, and was given a further extension of six months...
他最初持6个月的签证进入英国，后来又获得6个月的续签。
e.g. Ian Lentern has been granted a three-year extension.
伊恩·伦特恩已经被批准延期3年。

4. 扩大;扩展;延伸
Something that is an extension of something else is a development of it that includes or affects more people, things, or activities.

e.g. Many Filipinos see the bases as an extension of American colonial rule...
很多菲律宾人视这些基地为美国殖民统治的延续。
e.g. That's the logical extension of my approach.
那是对我的方法的合乎逻辑的扩展。

5. 电话分机（亦用书面缩略ext.）
An extension is a telephone line that is connected to the switchboard of a company or institution, and that has its own number. The written abbreviation ext. is also used.

e.g. She can get me on extension 308...
她打308分机就能联系到我。
e.g. For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253.
详情请致电414 3925,转分机2253。

6. （设备的）延伸部分
An extension is a part which is connected to a piece of equipment in order to make it reach something further away.

e.g. ...a 30-foot extension cord... 30
英尺的延长线
e.g. Some of the best extensions are made from sections of rod tube or drainpipe.
最好的延长管中有些是用杆管或排水管制成的。