"hold water"按字面解释当然可以说是"不让水漏出来"。但是，它的另外一个意思是：找的借口、提出的理由、说出的话是真实，有力，站得住脚的。
这个词组可以这么用：
1. That excuse simply doesn't hold water.
那个借口根本站不住脚。
2. The accused man claimed that he'd been in another city the night . But his story didn't hold water after three different witnesses testified（v.证实，作证） in court（n.法庭） that they had seen him running from the scene of the crime.
被控告的人说，那天晚上他出门去了，不在现场。但有三个不同的证人都出庭作证说，他们看见他从作案地点逃跑。因此，他说的话是根本站不住脚的。
这个词组可以这么用：
1. That excuse simply doesn't hold water.
那个借口根本站不住脚。
2. The accused man claimed that he'd been in another city the night . But his story didn't hold water after three different witnesses testified（v.证实，作证） in court（n.法庭） that they had seen him running from the scene of the crime.
被控告的人说，那天晚上他出门去了，不在现场。但有三个不同的证人都出庭作证说，他们看见他从作案地点逃跑。因此，他说的话是根本站不住脚的。
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