hold out

基本解释

We could hold out for the perfect, and that is very dangerous, because that leads to no bill.
我们可能坚持追求完美，这是非常危险的，因为可能无法形成议案。
A popular question that I hear often is how long you should hold out for that dream job before moving to plan B.
我常听到的一个问题就是：人们应该为梦想中的工作坚持多久才退而执行另外的计划呢？
Is it because disruptors are “before their time, ” able to create but not able to hold out long enough for others to appreciate the innovation?
是否是因为颠覆性”领先于他们的时代“，有能力创造它，但是没有能力坚持到人们赏识这些产品的时候。

"Manifest destiny,and so forth. And I think most of the world probably feels it is in the same situation as Astrix and his village Gaullois in that we can identify with that sense of wanting to hold out and resist against the encroaching powers.
Well,you can just--an engineer will just sit there and isolate that second of sound and then give a "times three" command and "boom," well,look at Pavarotti hold out that note.
嗯，你可以想象，工程师会只坐在那里，分离出的第二个声音,然后给了三拍命令和砰“,好吧，看帕瓦罗蒂能拖出那个音。
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This is--If you'll hold out your hand and--one hand flat.
如果你伸出手,手伸平
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Now comes the waiting game to see who can hold out longer for the best terms.
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