In this situation, the party with ownership of a key resource may gain the ability to “hold up” its partner, demanding an unreasonably high price.

在这种情形下，拥有其核心资源的其他企业也许就获得了套牢这个合作伙伴的能力，要求不合理的高价格。

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Catlin said his company designed the system to work like the high-tension mooring systems that hold up floating oil RIGS.

卡特林说他们公司设计的发电系统工作方式与支撑浮油钻塔的高张力系泊系统相类似。

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With such scarce land, slow growth in the West, and Asia's rich getting richer and more numerous, the strategy of many Singaporean high-end real estate firms may hold up.

由于西方土地稀缺、增长缓慢，而同时亚洲人口正变得越来越多、越来越富，因此许多新加坡高端房地产企业的战略也许还会继续保持下去。

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Will they not hold their heads up high at the Parade of Nations because factories in China produced their outfits?

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Doncaster, 37 places below Villa in the league standings, rarely threatened again but they can hold their heads up high after impressing in both matches.

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After months of wrangling, they came to an agreement that allows shareholders and regulators alike to carry on business as usual and hold their heads up high.

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