In Korea and Japan closely held and widely spread firms became slothful.

在韩国和日本，所有权集中和拓展广泛的企业最终都变得运行缓慢。

The privately held firm is estimated to be worth more than General Motors.

据估计，该私营公司总资产已超过通用汽车（General Motors）。

Politicians would do better to aim at the economy wide problems that hold all British firms back.

政治家将尽心尽力解决阻碍英国企业发展的整体经济问题。

Not surprisingly, radical Republicans held firm control in every one of the new governments.

毫不奇怪，激进的共和党人牢牢控制着每一个新政府。

The Indians seem to be considering a change, but the Braves and Chiefs are so far holding firm.

印地安人队似乎在考虑改变名字，但勇士队和酋长队至今仍坚持己见。

Hurricane's mouth finally got a firm hold on the intruder's arm and the dog forced the man to the ground.

飓风终于咬住了闯入者的手臂，它把他弄倒在地。

To hold firm means your opinion doesn't change, your position doesn't change, doesn't matter what happens or what someone says.

Hold firm 的意思是你的观点不会改变，你的立场不会改变，不管发生什么或别人说什么。

A homeowner tries to buy her out. but mama holds firm even after Walter loses the rest of his money to a scheming friend.

有一个房主想买她的房子 但即使沃尔特把剩下的钱输给了一个诡计多端的朋友 妈妈仍坚持住下。

So President Trump is holding firm and saying that it is not a distraction, though certainly he's being asked about it.

因此，特朗普总统立场坚定，他称这不会令他分心，不过他的确有被问到相关问题。

Surprised, the magistrate insisted, but the girl held firm.

县令很惊讶， 坚持说，但女孩坚持。

The people were happy and she had a firm hold on her power.

人们很高兴， 她牢牢掌握着自己的权力。

It seemed that Cleopatra now had a firm hold on her position as ruler.

看来克利奥帕特拉现在已经牢牢掌握了她的统治地位。

For now, though, Friday's still holding firm as the day people work from home.

不过，就目前而言， 周五仍然是人们在家工作的日子。

When the day arrived Julius needed a considerable amount of persuading, but Tuppence held firm.

当这一天到来时， 朱利叶斯需要大量的说服， 但塔彭丝坚持不懈。

Their long claws allow them to fasten onto the rocks and hold firm.

【fasten】它们可以凭借长长的爪子牢牢抓住岩石。

Squid tentacles are " muscular hydrostats, " meaning the tissue can be held firm by muscle tension.

鱿鱼触手是“ 肌肉静水压器” ， 这意味着组织可以通过肌肉张力保持牢固。

Thankfully the new dome has held firm now for over a century, a reassuring thought as you take in the views from its top.

幸好，这座新圆顶建筑现已稳然屹立超过一个世纪，这样想的话，在登上顶部欣赏美景时，您会感到格外安心。

All that you will have to explore, I said to Mary Carmichael, holding your torch firm in your hand.

所有你必须探索的， 我对玛丽卡迈克尔说，把你的手电筒牢牢地握在手里。

But he and House Speaker John Boehner both insisted they'd hold firm on whether or not to raise taxes on the wealthy.

但他和众议院议长约翰·博纳都坚称，他们会坚持是否对富人增税。

If Confucianism gained so firm a hold on the Chinese it is because it explained and expressed them as no other system of thought could do.

如果说儒家思想对中国人的影响如此之大，那是因为它对中国人的解释和表达是其他思想体系无法做到的。