hold on

抓住；继续；坚持；忍受；(打电话时用语)别挂断

Hold on and don't let go until I say so.(握紧，我让你松手时再松开。)

Just a moment. Hold on.(等一会儿。)

Hold on to your dreams.(紧紧抓住你的梦想。)

We must hold on.(我们必须坚持下去。)

Make sure you've got a steady hold on the camera.(一定要拿稳相机。)

You should hold on to your oil shares.(你应该继续保留住你的石油股份。)

You should hold on.(那你绝对要抓住机会。)

I told him how we had fought to hold on to the company.(我告诉他我们是如何为保住公司而奋斗的。)

Could you please hold on?(可以请你等一下吗？)

"Just hold on a cotton-picking minute," I said.(“就等该死的一分钟，”我说。)

verb

1. be persistent, refuse to stop

e.g. he persisted to call me every night
The child persisted and kept asking questions

Synonym: perseverepersisthang inhang on

2. stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

e.g. Hold on a moment!

Synonym: stop

3. hold the phone line open

e.g. Please hang on while I get your folder

Synonym: hang onhold the line

4. hold firmly

Synonym: grasp

5. retain possession of

e.g. Can I keep my old stuffed animals?
She kept her maiden name after she married

Synonym: keep

1. 握住;抓牢
If you hold on, or hold onto something, you keep your hand on it or around it, for example to prevent the thing from falling or to support yourself.

e.g. His right arm was extended up beside his head, still holding on to a coffee cup...
他的右臂伸在头的一侧，手里仍紧握着一个咖啡杯。
e.g. He was struggling to hold onto a rock on the face of the cliff...
他奋力想要抓住悬崖壁上的一块岩石。

2. 坚持不懈
If you hold on, you manage to achieve success or avoid failure in spite of great difficulties or opposition.

hold on的解释

e.g. Juanito scored for the Spaniards with only two minutes left, but the Romanians held on...
华尼托在仅剩两分钟时为西班牙队进了一球，但罗马尼亚队将优势保持到了终场。
e.g. This Government deserved to lose power a year ago. It held on.
这届政府一年前就该下台了。可它还在撑着。

3. 稍等;等一下
If you ask someone to hold on, you are asking them to wait for a short time.

e.g. The manager asked him to hold on while he investigated.
经理让他稍等一会儿，他去调查一下。
e.g. Hold on a minute.
稍等片刻。