holding pattern

基本解釋

Again, this is the second and last and last of these sort of holding pattern lectures.
這是第二次,也是最後一次以這樣的形式講課
This allows all the sub-steps (Steps 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d) to accumulate in a slight holding pattern.
這允許接下去的步驟（步驟2、2、 2和 2）以一種輕微的停止模式累積。
Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.
沐浴在愛中，要勝過処於交通事故中，束在綁緊的腰帶中，処於更高的稅級中，或者坐在飛過費城的飛機(jī)中。

Again, this is the second and last and last of these sort of holding pattern lectures.
這是第二次,也是最後一次以這樣的形式講課
耶魯公開課 - 歐洲文明課程節(jié)選
So, what I want to do today-- again, this is a parallel-holding-pattern lecture.
我今天要講的是,再次強(qiáng)調(diào),這是一門同步課程
耶魯公開課 - 歐洲文明課程節(jié)選

"Then there was a time in the trio which was more or less a holding pattern, " Pressler says.
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As of right now, most conservatives I know are in a holding pattern.
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