hold the line

常見例句

Just as the north thinks it has good reason to hold the line, the south is loth to let the 2005 agreement go.
正當北方人認為他們有很好的理由保持現(xiàn)在的局面，南方人卻很不樂意放棄2005年簽署的和平協(xié)議。
Such rhetoric, of course, is not uncommon as a negotiating tactic by a company hoping to hold the line on a deal price.
當然，作為堅持己方報價的一種談判技巧，這種辭令在收購交易中屢見不鮮。
By emphasising how the current structures are broken, we can hold the line on our existing media system's decline while at the same time advocating for entirely new models.
通過強調(diào)當前媒體的結(jié)構(gòu)如何不堪，我們可以既堅守現(xiàn)存的這個腐朽的系統(tǒng)不放，也可以同時提倡一個嶄新的模式。

The Confederates could not hold the line.
Everyone would do that, no one would ever hold some other portfolio ... because you can see that this line is the lowest-- it's far--you want to get to the left as far as possible.
所有人都會這么做，沒人會選擇其他的投資組合,因為你們可以看到這條線是最低的-,你希望他越靠左越好。
耶魯公開課 - 金融市場課程節(jié)選
Some of the people in line have been waiting several hours to see, feel and hold Olympic medals.

Many of these debt-fighters are determined to hold the line against a debt ceiling increase.
FORBES: Swelling Nostalgia For Gold-Backed Money And A Balanced Budget Amendment
No one needs constitutional help to hold the line on the debt right now!
FORBES: Why The U.S. Needs To Stop Dodging The Debt Bullet
But the Iraqis proved unable or unwilling to hold the line against the insurgents.
ECONOMIST: Iraq and America