hold on 等等、抓住
举例：He held on tight to the rope and climbed down the building. (他紧紧抓住绳子，从楼上爬了下来。)
举例：”Hold on!” I said to him, and pulled out my little dope book. (我对他说：「等一下」并拿出我的小记录本。)
hold off 拖延、推迟
举例：The football match had to hold off for about half an hour because of a driving rain. (一场大雨使足球比赛被迫推迟了半个小时。)
hold up 拦截、阻碍、推举、支撑
举例：They were held up by fog. (他们被雾所阻。)
举例：The criminals held up the train. (罪犯拦截了火车。)
举例：Don’t hold me up as a model husband. (别把我推举为模范丈夫。)
※ Holdup (n.)有持枪抢劫的意思喔！
举例：There was a holdup in the bank this afternoon,but one of the holdup men was arrested on the spot. (今天下午发生了银行劫案，但其中一名劫匪当场被捕。)
hold out 坚持、抱有(希望)
举例：He still holds out hope that they could be a family again. (他仍然希望他们能够再次成为一家人。)
举例：They held out against enemy for six months. (他们坚持不屈抗击敌人达六个月之久。)
※ Holdout (n.) 坚持
举例：Even France, until recently a holdout, has now proposed to raise the legal retirement age to 62 from 60.(甚至，至今以来一直在坚持着的法国政府，也已经建议将退休年龄由60岁延缓到62岁。)
hold over 延期
举例：You can hold over the matter till next week. (你可以延缓到下星期处理这件事。)
hold against 抱住、因…对(某人)抱有成见
举例：She held the baby against her chest. (她将宝宝抱在胸前。)
举例：She wouldn’t hold it against you that you have let her down once before. (你以前曾使她失望这件事不会使她对你抱有成见。)
※ hold grudge against 记仇
hold onto 紧紧抓住、保持
举例：He was struggling to hold onto a rock on the face of the cliff. (他拼命挣扎着去抓悬崖壁上的一块岩石。)
举例：Hold onto this paper and use it as motivation when you don’t feel like doing anything. (保存好这张纸，当你不想做任何事情的时候把它作为动力。)
hold back 控制、阻止、退缩
举例：He couldn’t hold back his anger. (他再也控制不住他的怒火。)
举例：Our kids don’t hold back just because they are afraid to fail. They are only afraid of failing us. (我们的孩子不会因为害怕失败而有所退缩，他们只是害怕让我们失望。)
hold down 压制、保住(职位)
举例：You couldn’t hold down the cost of production. (你没能压低生产成本。)
举例：I hope you can hold this case down like David. (我希望你能像大卫那样把这个案子顺利地办好。)
hold to 信守、使遵守(约定等)
举例：We must hold to the principles of justice. (我们必须信守正义的原则。)
举例：Now I have to hold you to your promise. (现在我得要你坚守诺言了。)
