保持电话线路不中断：指在电话通话中保持连接，不中断。
保持阵地，坚守阵地：指在战斗中保持阵地，不退却。
保持立场，坚持观点：指在辩论、争论或争执中保持自己的立场或观点。
持平
... hold matched SI 暂缓执行配对交收指示 hold the line 别挂电话 hold 常和contain换用。指能够容纳或有足够的容纳量。强调包容能力。 ...
卡马拉今仗亦必然发挥全身解数来中断局部远期入球荒，加上另一位弓手奥玛巴拉禾和前者联袂压阵(Hold the line)，享受孤独，地球不会因为只有你一个人而停止转动，也许她会很晚才出现，在此之前，你要学会正确利用时间，并且让自己发光发亮。
hold the line 别挂电话; 不挂电话; 不挂断, 坚定不移; 持平; 请勿收线; 压阵..
hold the line 别挂电话; 不挂电话; 不挂断, 坚定不移; 持平; 请勿收线; 压阵..
坚持下去，保持不变；不挂断电话
She asked me to hold the line.
她要我别挂断电话。
Could you hold the line and I'll just get my pen.
请别挂断，我去拿支笔，好吗？
Just a minute. Hold the line, please.
稍等一下，请别挂线。
The Confederates could not hold the line.
VOA : special.2009.11.05
Some of the people in line have been waiting several hours to see, feel and hold Olympic medals.
VOA : standard.2010.02.16
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。
金融市场课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Scott says that waiting in line for three hours was worth it to hold one of the medals.
VOA : standard.2010.02.16
Then she dropped a 50lb weight overboard to hold the line to the ocean floor.
Many of these debt-fighters are determined to hold the line against a debt ceiling increase.
FORBES: Swelling Nostalgia For Gold-Backed Money And A Balanced Budget Amendment
No one needs constitutional help to hold the line on the debt right now!