紧紧抓住，坚持：指紧紧抓住或坚持某物或某种状态。
稍等，别挂断：指在电话或对话中稍等一下，不要挂断。
hang on // [ hanging hanged hangs ]
动词词组 If you ask someone to hang on, you ask them to wait or stop what they are doing or saying for a moment. 等一会儿
Can you hang on for a minute?
你能等一会儿吗？
动词词组 If you hang on, you manage to survive, achieve success, or avoid failure in spite of great difficulties or opposition. 顶住
He hung on to finish second.
他顶住了，得了第二名。
动词词组 If you hang on to or hang onto something that gives you an advantage, you succeed in keeping it for yourself, and prevent it from being taken away or given to someone else. 守住
The driver was unable to hang on to his lead.
这位车手没能守住自己的领先地位。
动词词组 If you hang on to or hang onto something, you hold it very tightly, for example to stop it from falling or to support yourself. 紧紧抓住
She was conscious of a second man hanging on to the rail.
她觉察到另一名男子正紧紧抓住栏杆不放。
...a flight attendant who helped save the life of a pilot by hanging onto his legs.
…紧紧抓住飞行员的双腿而救了他一命的空服员。
动词词组 If you hang on to or hang onto something, you keep it for a longer time than you would normally expect. 保留 (指超出预期的时间)
You could, alternatively, hang onto it in the hope that it will be worth millions in 10 years time.
或者，你也可以把它留着，指望它10年后值好几百万。
动词词组 If one thing hangs on another, it depends on it in order to be successful. 取决于
Much hangs on the success of the collaboration between the Group of Seven governments and Brazil.
很多事情都取决于七国政府集团与巴西之间合作的成功。
... go on 继续下去，进行 hang on 抓紧不放；坚持下去；（电话不挂）等一会儿 hold on 握住不放；坚持；（打电话用语）等一会儿 ...
... hang about／around闲荡，闲呆着 hang on对峙，放松，不放；期待片刻，(打电话时)不挂断；有赖于；取决于 hang up挂断(电话)：吊挂，挂起 ...
... hang about／around闲荡，闲呆着 hang on坚持，抓紧，不放；等待片刻，(打电话时)不挂断；有赖于；取决于 hang up挂断(电话)：悬挂，挂起 ...
坚持下去；不挂断；握住不放
Hang on—I'm not quite ready.
请稍候—我还没准备好呢。
Can you just hang on a sec?
您能稍等一下吗？
Hang on a minute—I'm lost.
等一下，我没弄明白。
Wayne Bronner says demand for small objects to hang on Christmas trees has expanded over the years.
VOA : special.2009.12.25
Hang on a second, everyone see that 10 is going to be dominated by 9 in exactly the same way?
稍等一下,大家都应该能看出来同样的,立场9优于立场10对吗
博弈论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
And too many companies can actually hang on for almost too long with too much money because there has been so much money funding these ideas.
而太多公司吊死在投资这棵树上了,浪费了大量时间和金钱,因为投入的金钱实在是过于多了。
微软CEO-Steve.Ballmer谈科技的未来课程节选 : 斯坦福公开课
Stalactites have to hang on "tight" to the ceiling or they might fall off.
VOA : special.2011.04.11
Stalactites have to hang on tight to the ceiling or they might fall off.
VOA : special.2009.12.07
The temptation for a declining church to hang on to old privileges is strong.
Or just clench your jaw and hang on with white knuckles in terrified silence.
Old Lobo family portraits from when Ramon was a child still hang on the walls.