on hold

基本解释

Sure, I’ll put that sweater on hold for you.
当然，我会为你保留你所看中的那件衣服。
India put the peace dialogue on hold after the attacks, but agreed to resume it earlier this year.
那次袭击以后，印度暂停了和平对话进程，不过今年早些时候同意了恢复和谈。
She put her program on hold to be with me, which was one of many sacrifices she has had to make as my caregiver.
（我负伤后，）她暂时搁置了她的求学计划并陪着我，这只是她作为我的护理员所做的众多牺牲之一。

The research project is mostly on hold now. And so is Louisiana's oyster industry, the largest in the Gulf.
The goal of virtual office hours is if you're sitting down in mather or the quad or wherever, even off campus on some weekend, we'll still hold, not as many, but some virtual office hours.
虚拟办公时间的目标是，如果你坐在,院子里或其他地方，甚至是某个周末不在学校里,我们仍然保持联系，虽然不是很多，但是有一些虚拟办公时间。
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Sometimes the old aristocracy will be able to hold on for a very long time and to suppress any attempt to change things.
有时一些老贵族,会冥顽不灵,固执己见,试图遏止这些变革力量
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The market place is on hold ahead of the key U.S. jobs report Friday morning.
FORBES: Comex Gold Modestly Higher As U.S. Jobs Data Looms