Holding the line
[经] 控制物价
🧩 词语组成解析
holding
['həuldiŋ]
n. 佃户租种的土地;所有物（如土地、债券、股份等）;私有财产;（因其热情、精力或决心等）阻拦不住某人;
v. 拿( hold的现在分词);认为;包含;容纳;
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
line
[laɪn]
n. 线条;排;行列;界线;
vt. 排队;用线标出;沿…排列成行;给…安衬里;
vi. 形成一层;排队;击出平直球;
🗣️ 情景例句
Thank you very much for preparing such a splendid dinner specially for me.
谢谢您为我特意准备如此丰盛的晚餐。
The land in this region is rather dry and parched.
这片土地十分干燥。
Yet, in real life, circumstances do sometimes conspire to bring about coincidences which anyone but a nineteenth century novelist would find incredible.
不过，在现实生活中，有时确实会出现一些巧合，这些巧合除了19世纪小说家外谁也不会相信。