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。
Democrats say arguments against the bill won't hold up.
民主党人说，反对这项议案的论点站不住脚。
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。
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。
It was so very beautiful that the Mole could only hold up both forepaws and gasp, "Oh, my!"
它太漂亮了，以至于鼹鼠只能举起两只前爪，喘着气说：“噢，天哪！”
Maybe I could turn toward him, hold up the cover of the book and say in my crying voice, "I'm sorry, sir."
也许我可以转向他，举起书的封面，用哭泣的声音说：“对不起，先生。”
They cannot even hold up their own heads without some help from grown-ups.
如果没有大人的帮助，他们甚至连自己的头都抬不起来。
In math class he could hold up fingers if the answer was less than 10, but that wasn't fun.
在数学课上，如果答案小于10，他可以竖起手指，但那没什么意思。
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 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。
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。
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。
This cool bookshelf can hold up to 400 books of different sizes.
这个够酷的书架能够容纳400本不同尺寸的书。
But as with much conventional wisdom, this analogy does not hold up to closer inspection.
但是，如同许多传统智慧一样，此类比经不起进一步推敲。
Catlin said his company designed the system to work like the high-tension mooring systems that hold up floating oil RIGS.
卡特林说他们公司设计的发电系统工作方式与支撑浮油钻塔的高张力系泊系统相类似。
So if OPERA's results hold up, they could provide support for the existence of sterile neutrinos, extra dimensions and perhaps string theory.
因此，如果OPERA的实验结果站得住脚，它们就可以支持惰性中微子、额外维度、也许还有弦理论的存在。
If a remote host or database a test is trying to connect to is down or slow, you can bypass that test so as not to hold up all the other tests.
在一个测试试图连接到的远程主机或数据库宕机或变慢时，您可以忽略该测试，以便不阻塞所有其他的测试。
In my generation every girl in school knew the saying 'women hold up half the sky' and knew that a career would be a very important aspect of her life.
在我这一代，每个上学的女孩都知道‘妇女能顶半边天’并且事业对我们来说是生活中的很重要的组成部分。
These toy classes served their purpose at the time - simple placeholders to illustrate a point - but they don't hold up as a rigorous domain model.
这些类在当时具有其特定的用途—用于说明某一点的简单占位符—但是它们并不是一个严格的域模型。
That simplification makes it easy to get started but won't hold up over time.
这一简化使开始编程变得很容易，但却不能一直持续下去。
There is no assurance his body will hold up under the pounding of an NBA season despite the Rockets' plan to limit his minutes.
尽管火箭队打算限制他的上场时间，但也无法保证他的身体能承受住NBA赛季的残酷考验。
Zhang Boju, a researcher with Friends of Nature, welcomed the ministry's decision to hold up the project.
自然之友组织的研究员张伯驹表示，欢迎环保部叫停这一开发项目的决定。
But a positive emotional perspective needs to be based on a positive self-image or it won't be able to hold up under pressure.
但是，一种积极的情感洞察力需要建立在积极的自我形象之上，要不然，重压之下它将难以承受。
Brody said. If the new findings hold up, he added, they may eventually influence the design of helmets to provide more protection against blasts.
布罗迪博士又补充说道，如果这一结论能够站得住脚，那他们可能最终会对防爆头盔的设计思路产生影响。
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。
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。
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