"His time in court and his problems didn't hold a light to the good things he did.

VOA: standard.2009.06.28

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

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

It's the time in which but it's the time in which long distance commerce began to take hold, because of transportation revolutions: canals, roads, railroads in particular.

它是一个时期,这是一个远距离商业开始产生影响的时代,主要原因便是运输方式的革新,运河,公路,特别是铁路

耶鲁公开课 - 美国内战与重建课程节选

They argue that Zelaya violated the Honduran constitution by planningto hold an illegal referendum that was aimed at continuing his time in office indefinitely.

VOA: standard.2009.07.03

If they're failing they should cut their dividend, but companies are reluctant to do that because it looks bad, so they hold off for a long time, not cutting.

如果效益不好他们应该减少红利,但是公司不愿意这样做,是因为这样显得很糟糕,所以他们一直拖延着不去减少红利

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"It is time to hold Washington to the same standard families and businesses hold themselves.

VOA: standard.2010.02.01

But they spent a lot of time, energy, and money on being sure that they would have a supply of water to hold them for a long siege.

他们花费了大量的时间,精力,和金钱来确保,在长期的围城中他们可以获得足够的水源

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

Economists say India has bought gold to diversify its assets and hold fewer dollars at a time when the U.S.currency is weakening against other currencies.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Or you get a cold, the cold virus takes hold, the viruses start replicating inside of you and it takes some time for immune system to gear up to eliminate it, so we're used to thinking about responses that take some time.

或者你得了感冒,感冒病毒扎根在你的身体中,病毒开始在你体内复制,免疫系统需要一定时间做好准备去消灭它,所以我们曾认为免疫反应需要一定时间

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

"Once he has it, he intends to hold on to it until such time as the president and his national security team are ready to consider it."

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

Widespread fraud marred the August 20 presidential election, and international observers have voiced concern about the country's ability to hold a new election in such a short amount of time.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26