He began by holding up a glass with some water in it.

他先举起一个盛有水的玻璃杯。

An accident is holding up traffic.

一场事故造成了交通阻塞。

She's holding up well under the pressure.

她承受住了压力。

Mills have iron pillars all over the place holding up the roof.

工厂里到处都有铁柱子支撑着屋顶。

She's always holding up her children as models of good behaviour.

她总是举例说自己的孩子表现如何好。

Children's wear is one area that is holding up well in the recession.

在经济衰退期间，童装是持续销售良好的一个领域。

Any small interruption—a price check, a chatty customer—can have downstream effects, holding up an entire line.

任何一个小小的中断，一个价格检查，一个喋喋不休的顾客，都会产生下游效应，拖住整个队伍。

Others say sales orders and sales are holding up.

其他人表示，销售订单和销售额的增长势头都保持得不错。

That hurts the ancient wooden poles holding up the city underwater.

这破坏了在水下支撑这座城市的古老木杆。

How you holding up?

你是怎么支持住的？

Yet the top programmes are holding up well.

然而它们顶级节目办的还是不错。

Each of them was holding up a small pickle.

他们每个人手里拿着一块小小的泡菜——是西印度黄瓜。

Lately, the lipstick theory hasn't been holding up.

最近，口红理论却失效了。

He was holding up one hand. “Gimme five, you rock star.”

他举起一只手，“击个掌吧，你这个大明星。”

"What's this?" said Aziraphale, holding up a brown oblong.

“这是什么？”亚茨拉菲尔举起一个棕色长方形物体。

She was meant to keep holding up a mirror to her peers.

她该为自己的同龄人高举一面镜子。

"Look what I found," he said, holding up the gold chain.

“看看我发现，”他说，举行了金链。

If most of your fans are middle-aged, CD sales are holding up well.

如果一位歌手的爱好者大多是中年人，那么他的CD销量将相当可观。

Here's his arm! 'holding up, with his right hand, his own left arm.

这是他的手臂！他用右手托起自己的左臂。

Rosie is holding up a strand of bladder wrack as long as her whole body.

罗西手里拿着一缕与她身高一样长的墨角藻。

He had only his head above the water now and his two arms holding up Marius.

现在他只剩下头部露出水面了，但两手仍高举着马吕斯。

Women are holding up half the economy already," said the secretary of state.

她说，“妇女已经在撑起一半的经济。

'Your lips are holding up great,' Brandt says as he reaches for the Cosmoderm.

“你的嘴唇保持得好极了，”布兰德一边伸手拿美容皮肤一边说。

"We've got the gin, we've got the rickey mix," they said, holding up the bags.

“我们喝了杜松子酒，我们喝了金克利混合酒，”她们说，手举着包。

There, sales had declined across the board, but the hits were holding up best.

这儿，销售额全面下降，但精品保持最好。