- 推迟，使延期：
You can hold over the matter till next week.
你可以延缓到下星期处理这件事。
- 逾期延续：
What did you do the days when you held over for another week after having finished your work in Europe?
任务完成之后，你在欧洲又多逗留了一周，在这一星期里你都干了什么?
- 期满后留任：
The President said that he would hold over until a new one was selected.
总统宣称(由于推迟大选)在新总统选举出来之前他将留任。
- 保留；保有：
He has some photos which held over his purity before he became a killer.
他手中有几张在他成为杀手之前的仍是纯洁少年的照片。
- 【音乐】(音)延长到下一拍，使(音)从一拍延长到下一拍：
Not to hold over this note into the next measure.
别把这个音符延长到下一拍。
- (以某事)威胁(某人)；以…相威胁：
I knew well that he had my daughter in his hands, and he must hold it over me.
我清楚地知道，他手中有我的女儿，他一定会以此来威胁我的。