So it is vital for people to move quickly into work once qualified, and to hold on to jobs once they get them.

所以，对于人们来讲，一旦条件具备尽快进入职场，且一旦获得工作就要保住饭碗，这就显得非常关键了。

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Pasok deputies are likely to keep supporting Mr Papandreou; at least they will be able to hold on to their jobs for another two years.

泛希社运下院议员很可能继续支持Papandreou，因为至少他俩还能再撑个两年。

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They then hold on to power by ruthlessly seizing control of all state institutions in the name of the majority and by rewarding their followers with jobs and benefits via an expanded public sector.

之后他们借着“多数人”的名义无情地控制所有国家机构并且通过扩展公共部门给其追随者安排工作和其他利益，从而牢牢掌控权力。

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Next, since higher-paid workers want to hold on to their jobs, they would not be as likely to steal as lower-wage workers might.

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Many people skipped vacations this year because they wanted to hold on to their jobs.

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Then, as now, ambitious folk no doubt held their tongues to hold on to their jobs.

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