hold on to

英 [həʊld ɒn tu]

美 [hoʊld ɑːn tu]

保住，守住（有利因素）; 保存; 保留; 坚持（信仰、信念、原则等）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 保住，守住（有利因素）
  If youhold on tosomething that gives you an advantage, you succeed in keeping it for yourself, and prevent it from being taken away or given to someone else.
  1. Jane is determined to hold on to her fortune...
     简决心要守住自己的财产。
  2. Firms are now keen to hold on to the people they recruit.
     各公司现在都急切地想要留住招聘来的员工。
  3. ...a politician who knew how to hold onto power.
     知道如何抓牢权力的政客
• PHRASAL VERB （过长时间地）保存，保留
  If youhold on tosomething, you keep it for a longer time than would normally be expected.
  1. Do you think you could hold on to that report for the next day or two?...
     你能把那篇报道多留一两天再登吗？
  2. People hold onto letters for years and years.
     人们会将信件保存很多很多年。
• PHRASAL VERB 坚持（信仰、信念、原则等）
  If youhold on toyour beliefs, ideas, or principles, you continue to believe in them and do not change or abandon them if others try to influence you or if circumstances cause you to doubt them.
  1. He was imprisoned for 19 years yet held on to his belief in his people.
     他在监狱里被关了19年，但依然对人民充满信心。

双语例句

• I'm a fellow who can't hold on to a job.
  而我是个不能保住自己工作的犯人。
• You can hold on to me.
  你可以抓紧我啊！
• I told him how we had fought to hold on to the company
  我给他讲了我们是如何极力争取保住公司的。
• Make sure to hold on to the pommel while you do,'cause you could slip otherwise.
  注意这么做的时候抓住鞍桥，不然你可能会滑下去。
• To hold on to our dream.
  坚持我们的梦想。
• Kind of want to hold on to my internal organs, you know.
  有点像保住我的体内器官，你知道的。
• Jane is determined to hold on to her fortune
  简决心要守住自己的财产。
• They want to hold on to the euro; and that means working together.
  但政治要务发挥了作用。他们都希望保留欧元；这意味着两人要合作。
• People hold onto letters for years and years.
  人们会将信件保存很多很多年。
• I gave you everything I had trying to hold on to your heartless love.
  我对你奉献一切，试图抓住你无情的爱。