| English | Chinese |
| Could you hold on a little longer? | 你能再等一会吗？ |
| hold a tolerance of M on | 把 N的公差限制在M (N) |
| hold an exhibition on | 举办…展览会 |
| hold fists on hips | 抱拳 |
| Hold is on! | 裁判用语固技开始！ |
| hold on | 拉住 |
| hold on | 使固定 |
| hold on | 忍受 |
| hold on | 继续 |
| hold on | 坚支，维持住 (to) |
| hold on | 抓牢 |
| hold on | 等—下 |
| Hold on a second, please. Right, sir. You are booked and confirmed on flight 109 to Paris tomorrow | 请稍等。是的，先生。您明天去巴黎的109航班机已确认无误 |
| Hold on for just a second, so I can grab a pen and paper | 稍等一下，让我拿下纸笔 |
| hold on hard | 坚持 |
| hold on hard | 紧握 |
| Hold on, please | 请稍等 |
| Hold on, please. I'll check her schedule. You can meet with Ms. Carling at 10:00 tomorrow | 请稍等，我查一下她的日程。您明天10:00可以会见卡玲女士 |
| Hold on please. I'll connect with our Advance Reservations | 请稍等一下，我给您接预订部 |
| Hold on, sir. I'm connecting you with 911 | 请稍等，我帮您打911 |
| hold-on | 维持 |
| hold-on | 保持 |
| lay hold on | 到手 |
| lay hold on | 掌握 |
| lay hold on | 控制住 |
| lay hold on | 占有 |
| lay hold on | 握〔抓〕住 |
| lay hold on | 得到 |
| OK, we'll look for it. Hold on, please | 好的，我们给您找找，请稍等 |
| Please hold on. The subscriber you dialed is busy now | 请不要挂机，您拨打的电话正在通话中 |
| Protestant churches hold special services on Good Friday | 新教教会在耶稣受难日这一天举行特别的仪式 |
| Putting callers on hold for more than thirty seconds is bad for customer relations | 把呼叫者晾在一边超过三十秒钟就会影响客户关系 |
| take a firm hold on oneself | 冷静 |
| Time passes quickly for the person who is busy with other callers or issues, but for the person on hold, time creeps by | 对忙于接听其他呼叫者电话或解决其他问题的人来说，时间过得很快，但对于等待的人来说时间就过得很慢了 |
