The project is on hold until more money is available.

这项工程暂停，等到有更多的钱时再进行。

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You may not complete a task that is on hold (suspended).

不能结束暂停的任务。

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For now, work at the site is on hold. She hopes to return in the fall.

现在工地的工作已经暂停，她希望秋天的时候能重新开工。

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an American officer said, "is hold on to the hill and Santiago will be ours."

VOA: special.2010.07.15

There is something that one might be able to hold on to: the knob of something, the little flame of something that ; The grain of sand. -The grain of sand; but there is really not a decent metaphor for it, I think.

一个你可以依靠的支点：,一个不同寻常的想法，一个思想的小火花,就像一粒沙中看世界，-一粒沙中看世界;,不过我认为任何比喻都不够贴切。

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The research project is mostly on hold now. And so is Louisiana's oyster industry, the largest in the Gulf.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13

The market place is on hold ahead of the key U.S. jobs report Friday morning.

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That order is on hold--as are ones by Harrah's Casino, Starwood Hotels and IGT video-game stores.

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Pursuing a higher career is on hold so the spare time I do get is spent with my kids.

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