动词（理论、计划等）证明正确合理，说得通，（容器）不漏水; 言之有理
ph.
1. I'm sorry, but your story just doesn't hold water.
真抱歉，可是你的话不合情理。
要求提供服务
A：Room service. May I help you?
客房服务部，需要我为您效劳吗？
B：Yes. I wonder if you can send up some of boiling water for me.
是的，你可以送点开水上来吗？
A：Certainly. Hold on, please.
当然可以，请稍等。
B：What room are you in, sir?
先生，您住几号房？
A：This is Mr. Wu in Room 405.
我在405房间，姓巫。
B：Very well, sir. You'll have them as soon as possible.
好的，先生。我会尽快送过去。
1. (容器等)盛得住水：hold up 举起;耽搁;抢劫 | hold water (容器等)盛得住水 | lay hold of 握住;控制住;占有
2. 站得住脚：战略伙伴关系 strategic partnership | 站得住脚 hold water | 站票 standing-room-only ticket
3. 经得起考验的;合乎逻辑的：hold up 举起;支撑;阻挡 | hold water 经得起考验的;合乎逻辑的 | hook up 接洽妥当
4. 有道理;站得住脚：hoist with one's petard 害人反害己 | hold water 有道理;站得住脚 | hold out the olive branch 建议讲和
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2. Underwater training also took its toll on their bodies, leaving them unable to hold a pair of chopsticks after emerging from the water.
3. hold water
3. The only cistern in use can hold only 20 cubic meters of water.
4. " These arguments do not hold water and absolutely do not conform to the facts, " said Kong.
5. The contrast seems to be a supporting point for the decoupling theory, but it does not hold water.
6. " Xunlei's excuse does not hold water, " Li says.
7. On several occasions Chen was instructed to fill a tray with bottled mineral water and hold it in her left hand for five minutes.
8. A floating island storage facility meant to hold the water arrived at the port near Tokyo on Thursday and will soon head to Fukushima.
9. The stretch includes a gate under water, a fortification with 72 rooms and towers that each hold their own legends.
10. The operator has also been scrambling to get hold of additional containers for water that is less radioactive.
verb
1. resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
e.g. Her shoes won't hold up
This theory won't hold water