释义：

hold on 等待

hold on ( a minute ) 为祈使句形态，表示“稍等片刻”或说话的途中“稍等”。另外，hold on 或 hold on the line 表示打电话时让对方不要挂机。

例句：

Hold on, let me think it over.
稍等，让我想想。
Could you hold a second? I'll check if he's in.
你能等一会吗？我确认一下他在不在。
She had a breakdown and couldn't hold on to her job.
她得了神经衰弱，不能再继续上班了。
Betty, hold it for ten minutes. We have to get through this.
贝蒂，稍等十分钟。我们马上就结束。

对话：

A: Hold on for a minute. I need to talk to you.
稍等片刻，我得和你谈谈。
B: Really? What are we going to talk about?
真的吗？我们要谈些什么？