In regard to the new project, the CEO wants to put it on hold.

关于新项目，首席执行官希望先放一放。

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An advertising executive hospitalized for depression shortly after winning an award put it this way: "Without my depression, I'd be a failure now; with it, I'm a success 'on hold'."

一位广告主管在获奖后不久因抑郁症而入院治疗，他说：“没有抑郁症，我现在就是一个失败者；有了抑郁症，我就是一个‘暂缓’的成功者。”

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India put the peace dialogue on hold after the attacks, but agreed to resume it earlier this year.

那次袭击以后，印度暂停了和平对话进程，不过今年早些时候同意了恢复和谈。

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It also granted an injunction banning BlackBerry sales and service in the U.S., but put it on hold pending appeal.

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The company had a BlackBerry browser in the works last year, but put it on hold to focus on its Android and iPhone products.

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So members of the Writers Guild may walk away as early as the beginning of November which would leave some studios with projects in mid-progress, forcing the studio to put it on hold or cancel it.

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