He is blaming both his political opponents for holding an unauthorized protest and what he calls "uncontrollable elements" of the military.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

that is bringing cases against the U.S. military for holding these people illegally.

但它打的官司都是针对做出非法扣押行为的美国军队，

在哪都可以实习 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

Could I do more for the ultimate good of the slave population by holding or emancipating what I own?

我是否可以为奴隶的最终利益做的更多,是继续拥有他们,还是解放他们呢

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

Some lawmakers are already talking about introducing legislation to cut off federal funds for holding a trial in New York.

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

You notice at the beginning one-two, At the beginning these chords are holding for four measures or a total of eight beats.

注意在开头，在开始的部分，和弦持续了4小节也就是8拍。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

But South African President Jacob Zuma says holding the World Cup has brought development that will help the country for many years.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

So I am going to go and I am going to look for something that has an energy of 13.6 electron volts holding it in place, and I am going to use a flashlight with 12,400 electron volts.

所以我将去,找一些东西,有13。6电子伏特的东西,将它固定在某个地方,我要利用12。400电子伏特的电子源。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

This year, the Center for Plain Language is holding its first contest for best and worst language use.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

They come up to us and give us these things that they've been holding on for years,

他们来观看这些坚持了这么多年的东西，

观众是我的动力 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

This expression makes the person left holding the bag responsible for an action, often a crime or misdeed.

VOA: special.2009.01.25

We can also do a similar thing, and I'll keep my distance from the board, but we can instead be holding x constant, for example, putting x to be equal to zero, and then all we're doing is considering the electric field as a function of t.

我们也可以做类似的事情,把x固定为一个常数,例如令x等于零，然后,考虑电场作为时间的函数,这种情况下，我们划掉。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

In "Baby Reaching for an Apple" Cassatt shows a mother gently holding her child as the baby looks with wonder at the fruit.

VOA: special.2009.07.12

Yeah,it's regular, and with-- each chord was holding for two beats there in duple meter.

对，这是规则变化，每个和弦都维持两拍，这里一小节两拍。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

It is a holding company for businesses in land development, port operations, energy and financial services.

VOA: special.2009.12.04

Okay.So that's all you got to do, and you can hear the holding for twice as long as the other, so you got irregular rate of harmonic change.

好的，现在需要大家做的都弄好了，而且大家可以听到比别的要长两倍，这就是泛音的不规则变化率。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

These include textiles for keeping warm,creating shelter, and holding goods.

VOA: special.2009.11.04

Lady Liberty stood holding her torch high for freedom.

VOA: special.2010.05.06

The plan also calls for reconciliation efforts that could include holding talks with Taliban factions willing to abandon the insurgency.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

Brigadier General Josef Blotz, a spokesman for the NATO force in Afghanistan,known as ISAF, insists the coalition is holding together.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

U.S.lawmakers are expected to push for new tests and new regulations after holding a series of hearings last week on auto safety.

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

He said the first 72 hours are critical in saving survivors, and he is still holding out hope for both Haitians and U.N.

VOA: standard.2010.01.14

Somali pirates are blamed for seizing more than 20 vessels since the beginning of last month and are holding more than Piracy is a lucrative, albeit dangerous,business.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

Human rights activists and an attorney with ties to the case, questioned the constitutionality of holding prisoners for up to six weeks without charge or possibility of bail.

VOA: standard.2009.05.25

"Furniture sales have been down at least 20 percent and the reason for that is people are holding onto their furniture items due to tough economic times for them,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

ECOWAS says Guinea's military is responsible for the country's "worsening security situation" where "indiscipline and infighting within the fractured army" are holding back efforts to "establish the rule of law."

VOA: standard.2009.12.07

"To close this important gap in our regulatory structure, legislative action is needed that would subject all systemically-important financial institutions to the same framework for consolidated supervision that currently applies to bank holding companies."

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

One can see businessmen and women running down the escalators, most likely late for work, couples holding hands, others seemingly asleep as they wait to get off, listening to the music that blares from the loudspeakers overhead.

VOA: standard.2010.07.10