1. We know that the air holds some of the warmth coming from the sun. 我们知道,空气能储存太阳射来的部分热量。
2. With two sweeping balconies, this auditorium holds ten thousand people, and it is here that the National People´s Congress meets, and all the other great political meetings are held. 大会堂连同它的两个巨大的楼厅,总共可容纳一万人。全国人民代表大会以及其它大型的政治会议就是在这里举行的。
3. If it (whatever it may be) won't compute and you can't drink it, smoke it or spend it, then "it" holds little value. 学生们认为如果某种东西 (不管它是何物) 没有实际的经济意义,你不能把它当酒喝、当烟抽、当钱花,那么 "它" 就简直毫无价值。
4. The company holds its people to strict observance of that code. 公司要求所属人员严格遵守那项规章制度。
5. There is a story that holds that high heels were first brought to America by a famous New Orleans madam who discovered that she could charge twice as much when a woman wore high heels. 有一种说法,说高跟鞋最早是由新奥尔良州的一位名媛带到美国来的,她发现自己穿高跟鞋时身价倍增。
6. He holds that ignorance leads to superstition. 他认为无知会导致迷信。
7. I own a black gun with a brown handle. It holds five bullets and stays loaded by my bed. 我有一支黑色手枪,手柄是棕色的。手枪就搁在我的床头,里面装着五颗子弹,并且总是上了膛的。
8. Imagine a small plastic card that holds all manner of information about you on a tiny memory chip (芯片): 设想一下一张小小的塑料卡,在微小的记忆芯片上存有关于你的所有信息: