hold with

同意; 容忍

1. 同意，赞成（活动或行动）
If you do not hold with an activity or action, you do not approve of it.

e.g. I don't hold with the way they do things nowadays.
我不赞成他们现在的办事方式。

1. 同意,赞成;原谅：hold water (容器等)盛得住水 | hold with 同意,赞成;原谅 | hold...against 记恨

2. 赞同：hold water 正确合理 | hold with 赞同 | hold 把握

3. 造成,同意：hold up举起;阻止;拦劫 | hold with造成,同意 | in a hurry匆匆忙忙

4. 容忍：mysterious 神秘的 | hold with 容忍 | such 这样的

They don't hold with letting children watch as much TV as they want.(他们不赞成让孩子随心所欲地看太多电视。)

I don't hold with the use of force.(我不赞成使用武力。)

Chirac will hold summit talks with the Japanese Prime Minister next Monday.(希拉克将于下周一与日本首相举行首脑会谈。)

I swear on all I hold dear that I had nothing to do with this.(我拿我所在乎的一切发誓我与这件事情无关。)

I do not hold with his views on education.(我不同意他在教育问题上的观点。)

We won't kvetch too much about its 3.26-pound weight, as the laptop's easy to slip inside a bag or even hold with one hand.(我们对她3.26磅(1.48公斤)的重量没什么特别抱怨，毕竟她可轻易溜进背包或单手托着使用。)

It is not easy to hold your ground in front of someone with a gun.(面对持枪者而不退缩并不容易。)

I hold with those who favor fire.(我赞同倾向于火之说。)

To overcome this, Borlaug worked on breeding wheat with shorter and stronger stalks, which could hold on larger seed heads.(为了克服这个问题，博洛格致力于培育具有更短更强壮茎干的小麦，这样的小麦可以拥有更大的种子头。)

An hour later, the son came back with the empty basket and told his father it was impossible to hold water with the basket.(一个小时后，儿子带着空篮子回来了，告诉父亲用篮子装水是不可能的。)