Word · Frequency #17481
holdouts
拒不妥协者；坚持己见者
holdouts is the plural of holdout.
a person who refuses to agree or participate, especially in the hope of getting a better offer
- 1.
One who refuses to give consent to an agreement in the hope of an improved offer; one who holds out; one who clings to a cause that has been mostly abandoned.
拒绝同意协议以期获得更好条件的人；坚持己见者；坚持已被大多数人放弃的事业的人。
- 2.
A device for cheating at card games by covertly holding a card out of play until it is wanted.
一种在纸牌游戏中作弊的装置,通过暗中将一张牌留出牌局直到需要时使用。
藏牌作弊装置；拒绝同意协议以期获得更好条件的人；坚持己见者；坚持已被大多数人放弃的事业的人。；一种在纸牌游戏中作弊的装置,通过暗中将一张牌留出牌局直到需要时使用。；抵抗；坚持
In use
The small company was the last holdout in the negotiations, refusing to accept the merger terms.
Despite the pressure, the holdout maintained his position and eventually got a better deal.
The holdout among the shareholders prevented the takeover from going through smoothly.
be a holdout against sth
Several members were holdouts against the new policy, but they eventually agreed.
有几位成员是新政策的反对者，但最终他们同意了。
the last holdout in [group]
用于强调在其他人都已同意或离开之后，仍坚持不改变立场的人。
She was the last holdout in the department to accept the transfer.
她是部门里最后一位同意调动的坚持己见者。
Connections
Collocations
- holdout voter
- 拒不妥协的投票者
- The holdout voter finally agreed after the plan was revised.计划修订后，那位拒不妥协的投票者最终同意了。
- holdout negotiator
- 拒不妥协的谈判者
- The holdout negotiator refused to sign until the company offered more.那位拒不妥协的谈判者拒绝签字，直到公司提出更多条件。
- holdout juror
- 拒不妥协的陪审员
- One holdout juror caused the trial to end in a hung jury.一位拒不妥协的陪审员导致审判以陪审团悬而未决告终。
- holdout state
- 拒不妥协的州
- The holdout state finally accepted the federal proposal.那个拒不妥协的州最终接受了联邦提案。
- holdout creditor
- 拒不妥协的债权人
- The holdout creditors demanded full repayment before the deal closed.那些拒不妥协的债权人要求在交易完成前全额偿还。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
hold out 是“坚持不放”，holdout 就是攥住立场或纸牌不撒手的人——想象牌桌边的人紧握藏牌，拒不妥协。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：contract negotiations、jury deliberations、legislative bargaining 该词多为中性，通常指在谈判、投票或交易等场合拒绝同意、等待更优条件的人；正式新闻和日常口语中都可能出现。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The -out words out, about, without, and shout rhyme with one another and share the /aʊt/ sound, but they do not rhyme with holdout itself because holdout's stressed vowel is the /əʊ/ of hold; they only match its unstressed final syllable. Old and cold rhyme with each other and with the stressed first syllable of holdout (hold).
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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