A group of small states on the coast of North Africa was seizing American ships and holding their crews hostage.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

Hanson says and I'm quoting him, "The real beginning in the West of individual property holding on a large scale is what he is describing."

我引述汉森说的话,他所描述的是西方私有财产,广泛存在的真正开始

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

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

And the strong man, still holding the small child, drifted away on the shadowy river that flows forever to the unknown sea.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

There is a wall around Paris and there are exterior forts, but you've got an enormous number of people besieged by Prussian and other German forces, holding on.

在巴黎外围高墙林立,堡垒遍地,但仍有大批民众,在普鲁士和其他德国军队的围攻中坚守阵地

耶鲁公开课 - 1871年后的法国课程节选

Women are on their way to holding more than half of all American jobs.

VOA: special.2009.11.20

I'm giving this lecture on love and the two of you are holding hands here in the front row.

我这儿一边正做关于爱的讲座,你们俩在前排还手拉着手呢。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

Yet Carol Lovatt says holding fruit on the tree makes alternate bearing worse.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

It doesn't matter. A big calculator, you know, I am holding you on your honor.

不要紧，一个大的计算器，我充分地信任你们。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

Finance ministers from both the seven richest industrial countries and the Group of 20 were holding separate sessions on Friday.

VOA: standard.2009.04.24

At intervals her hand holding the cigarette would pass the spot on her neck.

他又郁闷又紧张,时不时地那个女人手中的烟灰。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

Critics accused the Obama administration of holding a double standard by being more lenient on financial institutions also receiving federal assistance.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

Some of them are absolutely dependent on their holding of these stocks.

有些人完全依靠,他们持有的这些股票为生。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

Pregnant women and mothers, holding their babies, are sitting on two long benches waiting to see a nurse.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

And I remember I was holding this mug of coffee and I was pleading with her, trying to convince her to take me on as her student, and I was saying, "Judy, I'll get a lot done.

记得当时我拿着一杯咖啡,恳求她，试图让他接受我，我说：“朱迪，，我做事儿挺麻利的。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

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

a girl balances on one leg, holding her foot and glowering at a blushing boy, while another young couple dance in the background.

VOA: standard.2010.08.09

Throughout his speech, the prime minister promised further change and reform, including holding bankers accountable and cracking down on crime and anti-social behavior.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

There is concern in Seoul that Pyongyang's insistence on holding bilateral talks with Washington could drive a wedge between the U.S.and South Korea.

VOA: standard.2009.12.08

A militia group in Ohio posted a video on the Internet of a man with an altered voice holding a semi-automatic assault rifle.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

But members of the coalition are holding discussions with lawmakers on possible changes to the bill.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

On the Palestinian side, management problems and other obstacles are holding up infrastructure projects.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

Senior U.S.Envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, emerged from meetings with South Korean counterparts in Seoul holding firm to Washington's insistence that Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities must be ended.

VOA: standard.2009.09.06

Some analysts have expressed concern that holding the trial in New York City, the site of the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, will once again make the city a prime terrorist target.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

The war was sold to his cabinet, to parliament and to the British people on the basis that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous man holding weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that could be unleashed within 45 minutes.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13