英和和英

動詞

hold to (third-person singular simple present holds to, present participle holding to, simple past held to, past participle held to or (archaic) holden to)

1. (transitive) To share or subscribe to (a belief, etc.).

   I do not hold to their radical opinions.

2. (transitive) To adhere strongly to (a conviction, story, etc.).

   to hold to one's original story

   Despite contrary admonitions, they held to their fundamentalist Christian views.

3. To follow, be consistent with (a rule, pattern, etc.)
   • 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 116:

     The poem which holds strictly to Rağaz-meter (altered) is set to music unrelated in time.

4. (ditransitive) To compel (someone) to remain faithful to (a commitment, moral standard, etc.).

   Jill holds her grandfather to her own standards and finds them wanting.