a negotiator who hopes to gain concessions by refusing to come to terms;
"their star pitcher was a holdout for six weeks"
a refusal by a negotiator to come to terms in the hope of obtaining a better deal
the act of hiding playing cards in a gambling game so they are available for personal use later
holdout的用法和樣例:
例句
The conspicuous holdout was Jordan's King Hussein, who, by his latest gesture of washing his hands of the West Bank, is now coming along. 最惹人注目的頑固分子乃是約旦國王候賽因。他最近表示不再過問[約旦河]西岸之事,現在同意[參加中東和平的努力]。