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

• It is very important to dream, so hold on to your dreams;
  有梦想是非常重要的，因此要坚持你的梦想；
• If you want to be famous, you must hold on to your dream.
  如果你想出名，你就要坚持你的梦想。
• Hold on to everything we find.
  保存好我们找到的一切。
• And in the end, we must fight to hold on to.
  让我们成为人类。最终我们还得奋斗不息坚持到底。
• You can hold on to me.
  你可以抓紧我啊！
• As long as a will is set, hold on to it and habits can be altered.
  只要下了决心，持之以恒，习惯也还是可以改的。
• 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。
• 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。
• We are determined to hold on to this plan no matter what difficulties we might run into.
  不管遇到什么困难，我们都下决心把这个计划坚持下去。
• Now I want you to hold on to it.
  现在我想让你拿好它。