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| 1 | C usually plural a part of a company that someone owns in the form of a share or shares 私人持有的（公司）股份 |
| Small shareholders should think carefully before selling any holding. 小股东卖出股份前要三思。 |
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| 2 | C a piece of land that someone owns or rents, usually for farming 自留耕地；租用农田 |
| Many of the agricultural holdings are too small to be economically viable. 这些农业用地大都面积太小，从经济效益上看并不可行。 |
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| 3 | U +of the process of organizing something such as an election or meeting （选举、会议等的）组织，举行 |
| The Supreme Court banned the holding of a referendum. 最高法院禁止举行全民公决。 |
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| 4 | holdings plural the collections owned by an institution such as a library or museum （图书馆或博物馆等机构拥有的）收藏品 |
| The museum has unusually rich holdings of seventeenth-century Italian art. 这个博物馆收藏有极为丰富的17世纪意大利艺术品。 |
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