The Frenchman held his own against the challenger.是什么意思？

The Frenchman held his own against the challenger.

这名法国人顶住了挑战者的进攻。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

Frenchman

n. 法国男人，法国人；

例句
...a Frenchman with Irish antecedents.
祖先为爱尔兰人的法国人

held

v. 拿（ hold的过去式和过去分词 ），举行，保留；

例句
His car was held up and he was abducted by four gunmen...
他的车遭遇拦劫，随后他被4名持枪歹徒劫持。

his

pron. (he的所有格)他的，(he的物主代词)他的东西；det. 属于他的，用于名词前，自己的，指某人的，上帝的；

例句
He claimed that his parents had abandoned him...
他声称父母遗弃了他。

own

n. 自己的事物，自己人；vt. 拥有，承认；vi. 承认；adj. 自己的，特有的；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他们对孩子的放任折射出他们自身生活的放浪形骸。

against

prep. 反对，对…不利，紧靠，以防；

例句
His hand brushed against hers; it could have been either accidental or deliberate.
就在有意无意间，他的手轻轻拂过她的手。

challenger

n. 挑战者，夺标者；

例句
Determining how the Democratic challenger would conduct his presidency isn't quite so obvious.
这位民主党挑战者将如何履行总统职务还不能明确判断。