In time,however, there was another reason to fight: to free the black people held as slaves in the South.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

So he's held up in the British culture as being somebody that's done particularly well

所以，他非常好地继承了英国的文化传统，

激励创业 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

The notion of "an eye for an eye" is usually cited or held up as typical of the harsh and cruel standards of the vengeful Old Testament God.

以眼还眼“的概念常被引用，被推崇为带有报复,心理的《旧约》上帝所制定的典型标准，严酷而残忍。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

A stopper device on the tube-like container held food for the ants as they traveled to their new homes.

VOA: special.2011.02.15

And as France held its breath,because they wanted a boy, this miracle baby was born,l'enfant du miracle.

法国十分紧张,他们想要一个男孩儿,然后这个孩子诞生了,奇迹之子

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

As I began the 4th row, I heard Fortunato begin to shake the chains that held him to the wall.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

As Hanson says, thus arose the kleros, or the idea of a privately held plot attached not to any one person, but rather in perpetuity to a single farm family or oikos.

如汉森所言,kleros兴起了,或是说有了私有土地,而不再属于单个人的观念产生了,也可永久的属于单个的农业家庭或者领主

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Suspending habeas corpus means that a prisoner can be held without trial for as long as the government wants.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

And he made sure the country held its next presidential election as planned in eighteen sixty-four,when he was re-elected.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

South Africa launched the tests last week as the International AIDS Society held a conference in Cape Town.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

The elections are being seen as a vote on Mister Maliki's leadership ahead of national parliamentary elections to be held later this year.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

Nate held his lantern high as he came up to Olive and said: "Where is your lamp?

VOA: special.2010.01.09

For example, working women used to be shown mostly as nurses or teachers, because those were the jobs that many held in real life.

VOA: special.2009.05.04

He told him that his army held about one thousand Union soldiers as war prisoners.

VOA: special.2009.12.24

She held back her skirts and turned her feet one way and her head another way as she looked down at the shiny, pointed boots.

VOA: special.2009.09.05

Last December, as the recession hit hard, Americans held on to their money.

VOA: special.2009.12.21

As a result, men held higher paying jobs than women.

VOA: special.2010.02.19

The money will be held as an emergency reserve.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

They held hands as they drank the hot coffee.

VOA: special.2010.01.09

The final version of the Emancipation Proclamation came on January first,declaring: " ...all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then,thenceforward, and forever free ..."

VOA: special.2010.05.10

This is what it said: I,Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States and commander in chief of the Army and Navy, do hereby declare that on the first day of January, eighteen sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state then in rebellion against the United States, shall then become and be forever free.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

Afghan officials said they were held as part of an investigation into an alleged plot to kill the governor of Helmand province.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

(Sound) As Nick Griffin arrived at the studios for the show, protesters had to be held back.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Settlement leaders demonstrated outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem as the Cabinet held its weekly meeting.

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

There is no large public ceremony expected, and it will be held as a private event on the heavily-guarded grounds of the presidential palace.

VOA: standard.2009.11.18

He says he served as a Soviet army soldier and was himself held prisoner.

VOA: standard.2009.11.30

Secretary Clinton held a closed-door meeting with the families that she described as emotional.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

Military officials say troops are not using artillery against the rebels because the soldiers are committed to rescuing the civilians being held as "human shields" by the LTTE.

VOA: standard.2009.05.11

He was arrested as a suspected terrorist and held for 20 days.

VOA: standard.2010.05.20

But he continues to stress the importance of law and order, and held up the election as an example of how things are starting to get on track.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07