hold the line 的定义
- Maintain the existing position or state of affairs. For example, We'll have to hold the line on spending until our profits rise. This term alludes to former military tactics, in which a line of troops was supposed to prevent an enemy breakthrough. Eventually, it was transferred to civilian enterprises. [Mid-1900s]
hold the line 近义词
resist attack
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- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- Domestically, the prime minister maintains the dubious line that he is the only man who can keep the still-fragile peace.
- Blacks would hold about 13 percent of the seats and Latinos 17 percent.
- Tomorrow they should hold placards of the cartoons Charlie Hebdo had printed.
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
- He was too drowsy to hold the thought more than a moment in his mind, much less to reflect upon it.
- In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- Our talk ranged from the Panhandle to the Canada line, while our horses jogged steadily southward.