hang on to it

基本解释

You can try to hang on to it or you can get over it.
你可以尝试一直想着它或者跨越它。
Fully 40% of Republicans believe that the Democrats will capture the presidency in 2008, compared with 12% of Democrats who think the Republicans will hang on to it.
足足有40%的共和党人认为，2008年民主党人会夺得总统职位；与之相比，只有12%的民主党人认为，共和党会守住阵地。
Most importantly, the past is the past, you can't change it. You can try to hang on to it or you can get over it.
最重要的是，过去的已经过去，你无法改变。你可以尝试一直想着它或者跨越它。

But those in favor and those opposed seem to agree on one thing: the matter must be settled quickly so it doesn't hang over the AU agenda, taking up valuable time at summits for years to come.
The rate and pace of change in the industry is such that it's always kind of a jump ball environment where companies are not able to hang on to a great position for a super long time.
这一行变化的速度,就是这样,总处于一种跳球环境中,公司不能,永远处于不败之地。
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if I could hang your hat on one kind of Southern distinctiveness, perhaps above all it's fun to play with all these stereotypes and realize that if so many people were writing this way, from personal observation, yes, there must be something to all these differences.
如果我们现在好好思考一下南方的特点,也许首先,让我们想想所有关于南方的陈见,不难意识到,如果那么多人通过个人观察,写出的南方都大同小异,那么这些南方特点一定有其根源
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She wants to hang on to it until it's time to pass it on to her three children.
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