" Hold down a job" means " be a dependable worker" .

“Hold down a job”意为“成为一名可靠的员工”。

I just wanna hold down a job, make some friends.

我只想好好从事一项工作，再交些朋友。

So what do you think " hold down a job" means?

那么你认为“hold down a job”是什么意思呢？

She never really was able to hold down a job for very long.

她从来没能有个长期的稳定工作。

He's going to school, holding down a job.

他有在上学 还能有工作。

You have your whole life to hold down a job.

你还有一辈子时间去干一份工作。

So hold down a job means keep a job, be able to keep a job.

所以保住工作就是保住工作，能够保住工作。

Well, it looks like this guy couldn't hold down a job.

嗯　看起来他没保住这个工作。

He’s never held down a job for longer than a few weeks.

【hold】他从未能把一份工作保住几周以上。

They often can’t hold down a job for long and can’t settle down in one place.

。 他们往往不能长期从事一份工作， 也不能在一个地方安顿下来。

Some of these applicants have never held down a job before and don't have a single reference.

其中一些申请人以前从未担任过工作，也没有任何推荐信。

A person who can hold down a job will have a successful life because he or she has money.

一个能保住工作的人，会因为有钱而过上成功的生活。

The only thing that makes me anxious is not being able to hold down a job, yeah, and not knowing what the future holds.

唯一让我焦虑的是无法保住一份工作，以及不知道未来会发生什么。

If, like most writers these days, you're holding down a job to pay the bills, it's not easy to find the time to write.

如果像现在大多数作家一样，你要保住一份工作来支付账单，那就不容易找到时间用来写作。

My father once told me that I could never hold down a job for more than two years, which is about right!

我父亲曾经告诉我，我永远不可能在一份工作上干超过两年，这倒是对的！

My parents did what they thought was best, and Dad did a great job of bringing up two teens, holding down a job.

我的父母做了他们认为最好的事情， 爸爸在抚养两个十几岁的孩子和保住一份工作方面做得很好。

But the term is usually one of gentle derision: someone who keeps taking more courses as a way to avoid holding down a job.

但这个词通常带有温和的嘲讽：为了避免保住工作而不断参加更多课程的人。

Tanya, this is a high level of mental anguish that keeps people from leaving their homes, taking care of their families, holding down a job.

坦尼娅，这是一种高度的精神痛苦，它使人们无法离开家园， 无法照顾家人， 无法保住工作。

But she never could hold down a job, and she was frustrated, and she started drinking, and so — but when she was sober, she was a lot of fun.

但她从来没有稳定的工作，她很沮丧，她开始喝酒，所以——但是当她清醒的时候，她很有趣。

People with severe GAD might be completely debilitated and have trouble with the simplest daily activities, or they might be only mildly affected and be able to function socially and hold down a job.

患有严重广泛性焦虑障碍的人可能感到疲惫不堪，且很难完成最简单的日常工作；抑或他们只受到轻微影响，仍能正常社交和完成工作。