hold the line

基本解释

Just as the north thinks it has good reason to hold the line, the south is loth to let the 2005 agreement go.
正当北方人认为他们有很好的理由保持现在的局面，南方人却很不乐意放弃2005年签署的和平协议。
Such rhetoric, of course, is not uncommon as a negotiating tactic by a company hoping to hold the line on a deal price.
当然，作为坚持己方报价的一种谈判技巧，这种辞令在收购交易中屡见不鲜。
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.
通过强调当前媒体的结构如何不堪，我们可以既坚守现存的这个腐朽的系统不放，也可以同时提倡一个崭新的模式。

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.
所有人都会这么做，没人会选择其他的投资组合,因为你们可以看到这条线是最低的-,你希望他越靠左越好。
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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.
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