holdout

n. 抵抗, 坚持, 支持

发音

US

词形变化

holdouts 复数 holdouts

别名

hold out

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A device for cheating at card games by covertly holding a card out of play until it is wanted.

    游戏
  2. 2.

    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.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 8

cheat fraud rig bargaining negotiator swindle negotiant treater

词源

Deverbal from hold out.

来源：wiktionary