1. Hold the flashlight so that the beam shines straight down on a sheet of white paper.
    手握电筒让光线直射在一张白纸上。

2. How long can I hold my breath?
    我能屏息多长时间？

3. A.You hold back your feelings for the moment because other friends and relatives have to be told the news.
    a.你暂时控制自己的感情，因为总得有人把这消息告诉其他朋友和亲戚。

4. ´Worry is a spasm of the emotion; the mind catches hold of something and will not let it go.´
    "烦恼是感情的发作，此时脑子纠缠住了某种东西又不肯松手。"

5. A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs.
    当宇航员进行必要的修复工作时，"奋进"号上的一只机器手将抓住望远镜并托住它。

6. At last he got hold of the elephant´s tail.
    最后他抓住了大象的尾巴，

7. A: Magnificent. Particularly the scene where the workers defy the warlord troops and break into the hall to hold their first union meeting.
    A：很精彩。尤其是工人们公然反抗军阀的军队，并冲进礼堂去召开他们的第一次工会的那场戏，

8. "She'll be there," my husband said. "I don't see how they could hold a P.T.A. meeting without Charles's mother."
    "她会去开会的。" 我丈夫说。"如果没有查尔斯的母亲参加，我不明白他们怎么可能召开家长会。"

9. "Neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water," he warns. He might have gone a step further and called for respect for both our economists and our trashmen; otherwise, they'll both leave garbage behind.
    他警告说，“这个社会的管道和理论都会出问题。”他也许还应进一步要求人们既尊重经济学家又尊重垃圾工；不然的话，他们都会在身后留下垃圾。

10. A survey of the children's parents and teachers found that those who as four-year-olds had enough self-control to hold out for the second piece of candy generally grew up to be better adjusted, more popular, adventurous, confident and dependable teen
    对这些孩子的家长和教师所作的调查发现，那些四岁就能克制自己，坚持等到第二块糖的孩子，长大后通常有较强的适应力，更合群，富有进取心、自信心，也更可靠。