hold的固定短语

　　1、hold out for 坚持要（insist on getting）

　　例句：The union is holding out for its original demand．

　　工会仍坚持最初提出的要求，不肯让步。

　　2、hold off 推迟；等一等

　　例句：A.It's ten o'clock. Is it too late for us to phone Prof. Brown about the students'council meeting?

　　已经是10点了。现在给布朗教授打电话告诉她学生会开会的事是不是太晚了？

　　B:Let's hold off till tomorrow.

　　还是明天再说吧。

　　3、hold on 等一等；（电话）别挂

　　例句：A:If I don't find my wallet pretty soon, I'm going to have to report it stolen.

　　如果我还是找不着我的钱包的话，我就要报失了。

　　B:Hold on. Before you call the campus security office, have you checked your car or your jacket pocket, everywhere?

　　等一等，在你给学校保卫办公室打电话之前，你有没有看一看你的车或者你的夹克。到处都找了吗？

　　4、hold up 耽捆；堵住；使停止（to delay; get stuck in traffic jam）

　　例句：Jenny's car was held up in traffic and her friends waited twenty minutes for her.

　　珍妮的车堵在路上了，她的朋友们等了她20分钟。