Sorry I'm late. There was a hold-up on the motorway.
抱歉，我来晚了，公路上堵车了。
遇到什么障碍了？
There was a hold-up at the bank over on nd street.
在第二大街的银行里发生了一起抢劫案。
There was a hold-up at the bank over on 2nd street.
在第二大街的银行里发生了一起抢劫案。
So what's the hold-up in this seemingly simple process?
这个看似简单的过程的 “路障”是什么呢？
The hold-up is because of legal objections by Alstom of France, a rival bidder.
这延迟是由于一个竞标者法国的阿尔斯通公司（Alstom）提出法律异议。
But that happens a lot, and we don't know if it was a paperwork problem or an intentional hold-up.
但这种事情常常发生，我们不知道这是由于文书问题，还是有意耽搁。
I once facilitated a retrospective in which the developers had identified the UI experts as the biggest hold-up to their stories.
在我主持的一次回顾中，开发人员识别出，UI专家是阻碍他们完成故事的最大障碍。
The person said a last-minute snag could hold up the deal, but Ford did not expect one to emerge as a major stumbling block.
这位人士说，最后关头出现的阻碍仍有可能使交易陷入停顿，但福特方面认为不会出现重大障碍。
In many countries, people will hold up dragon boat racing to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.
在很多国家，人们通过举办龙舟赛来庆祝端午节。
But the alibi did not hold up long.
但是，不在场证明没坚持多久。
However, the chances that remittances will continue to hold up this year are slim.
然而今年汇款持续增长的可能性很渺茫。
In this situation, the party with ownership of a key resource may gain the ability to “hold up” its partner, demanding an unreasonably high price.
在这种情形下，拥有其核心资源的其他企业也许就获得了套牢这个合作伙伴的能力，要求不合理的高价格。
Next, you need helmets. If your child can hold up their head, they can probably wear a helmet just fine and are ready for riding.
接下来，你需要头盔。如果你的小孩能够支撑起自己的头，他们也能戴一副用于骑车的头盔。
He beat the water with his paws to hold himself up, but the harder he tried, the deeper he sank.
他用爪子拍打水面，想让自己浮起来，可是越用力，沉下去得越深。
The same driver late for work could say, "my boss did not believe a hold up held me up. But the police confirmed what I said so my story held up."
同样开车上班迟到的员工可能说，“我的老板不相信我被一次抢劫给耽搁了，但警方证实了我的说法，所以我的说法经得起考验。”
I was woken up by someone grabbing hold of my sleeping bag.
有人抓住我的睡袋把我弄醒了。
This time, the Spurs made it hold up.
而这一次，马刺守住了自己。
Suppose I hold up a photograph of a beach with nobody on it.
假设我拿着一张画着无人海滩的图片。
Extensive testing ensures that materials hold up in the retail setting, and constant contact with customers helps keep projects on schedule.
大量的测试保证了材料在零售环境下也能维持良好的状态，而与客户的即时沟通则有助于确保项目按时完成。
According to early plans, the space hotel could hold up to seven people at a time.
据初步设计，太空酒店可以同时接待7名游客。
We expect the value of gold to continue to hold up well in 2009 and 2010 against the backdrop of global market turmoil and the directionless behaviour of other commodities.
基于对全球市场混乱和大宗商品价格的无序变动仍将延续的判断，我们预期金价在2009年和2010年都将保持高位运行态势。
The region is believed to hold up to 25 billion boe, or almost a fifth of remaining total reserves, but they lie in freezing waters more than 600 metres deep.
据称这块地区储藏有250亿桶石油当量，几乎占剩余总储量的五分之一，但是它们位于超过600米深的冰冷海水之下。
请抬起你们的头。
The stem helps hold the roots up.
茎帮助支撑根。
The good software developers I know might on occasion release their software early to satisfy customer demands, but they would never hold up their bug-ridden code as a model for others.
我所了解的好的软件开发人员可能偶尔较早地交付产品，以满足客户的需要，但是他们绝不会将自己编写的隐藏着错误的代码当成范例拿给他人。
The instant access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 "words"—string of alphabetic or numerical characters—ready for instant use.
一台大型计算机的即时存取存储器可容纳多达100000个“单词”——字母或数字字符的字符串——随时可用。
Many key theories have proven to hold up quite well throughout history.
许多重要的理论已被证明在整个历史中保持得相当不错。
Many key theories have proven to hold up quite well throughout history.
许多重要的理论已被证明在整个历史中保持得相当不错。
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