They managed to hold on until help arrived.

他们勉强坚持到救援到来。

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I told him how we had fought to hold on to the company.

我告诉他我们是如何为保住公司而奋斗的。

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The manager asked him to hold on while he investigated.

经理让他稍等一会，他去调查一下。

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But the boat soon sank. Hundreds of passengers struggled to hold on to the floating wreckage.

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Sometimes the old aristocracy will be able to hold on for a very long time and to suppress any attempt to change things.

有时一些老贵族,会冥顽不灵,固执己见,试图遏止这些变革力量

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There is something that one might be able to hold on to: the knob of something, the little flame of something that ; The grain of sand. -The grain of sand; but there is really not a decent metaphor for it, I think.

一个你可以依靠的支点：,一个不同寻常的想法，一个思想的小火花,就像一粒沙中看世界，-一粒沙中看世界;,不过我认为任何比喻都不够贴切。

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Suppose you're flush enough to hold on to your old house as an investment.

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Kraft has had to pay up to hold on to executives wooed by other teams.

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But they weren't able to hold on and Oklahoma City got the 105-102 win.

NPR: Thunder Take 3-0 Series Lead With 104-101 Win