hold on to somebody/something

phrasal verbphr v KEEP/CONTINUE TO HAVEto keep something rather than losing it, selling it, or giving it to someone else 守住，保住

The soldiers held on to the bridge for three more days.

士兵们又把这座桥守了三天。

I think I’ll hold on to these old records for now.

我想我会暂时保留这些老唱片的。

Examples from the Corpus

hold on to • This might enable them to hold on to around 100 of their present 270 seats.• Whitman won because she held on to conservatives.• To Marquand, MacDonald's real fault was that he held on to his nineteenth-century principles for too long.• He wasn't sure that he would be given a chance to hold on to his wife.• Once I picked it up, I just wanted to make sure I held on to it.• He could hold on to office even though so severely disabled as to be unable to lead.• These beautiful new books, filled with morals and happy endings, help us hold on to our storytelling heritage.

→ hold on to somebody/something at hold1(PHRASAL VERB)

单词	hold on to somebody/something
释义	hold on to somebody/something hold on to somebody/something phrasal verbphr v KEEP/CONTINUE TO HAVEto keep something rather than losing it, selling it, or giving it to someone else 守住，保住 The soldiers held on to the bridge for three more days. 士兵们又把这座桥守了三天。 I think I’ll hold on to these old records for now. 我想我会暂时保留这些老唱片的。 Examples from the Corpus hold on to • This might enable them to hold on to around 100 of their present 270 seats.• Whitman won because she held on to conservatives.• To Marquand, MacDonald's real fault was that he held on to his nineteenth-century principles for too long.• He wasn't sure that he would be given a chance to hold on to his wife.• Once I picked it up, I just wanted to make sure I held on to it.• He could hold on to office even though so severely disabled as to be unable to lead.• These beautiful new books, filled with morals and happy endings, help us hold on to our storytelling heritage. → hold on to somebody/something at hold1(PHRASAL VERB)
随便看	have a soft spot for somebody have a/some/no etc bearing on something have a squint at have a squint at something have a squint at sth have a stake in have a stake in something have a stake in sth have a strong stomach have a sure footing have a sure hold have a sure hold/footing have a sweet tooth have a swollen be swollen-headed have a swollen head/be swollen-headed have a swollen head swollen-headed have a temperature have at fingertips have a thick head of hair have a thick skin have a thing about have a thing about sb have a thing about somebody have a thing about somebody/something have a thing about something