But they manage to hold their ground.

但他们设法坚守阵地。

Longshoremen at the port of Baltimore holding their ground and possibly losing money doing it.

巴尔的摩港的码头工人坚守阵地，并可能因此赔钱。

Yet the officers held their ground, ready to die for duty's sake if need be.

然而军官准备好了 如果需要，为了责任而死。

The two sides met at Bladensburg, a town ten kilometers from Washington. The British attacked and at first the American defenders held their ground.

双方在距离华盛顿10公里的布兰登斯堡镇会战。英军发起进攻，起初美国守军还能坚守阵地。

In part because the market has been a little bit sceptical that the Fed will hold their ground in the face of rising unemployment, slowing growth.

部分原因是市场一直有点怀疑美联储在失业率上升、经济增长放缓的情况下是否会坚守阵地。

Instead of obeying the order to blow up the mission and retire, they held their ground until they were completely surrounded and cut off from all help.

他们没有服从炸毁使命和撤退的命令，而是坚守阵地， 直到他们被完全包围并切断了所有帮助。

The Antifederalists held their ground for the time being, but privately Jay reported that many of those opposed might support ratification if a few amendments were made to the Constitution.

反联邦党人暂时坚守阵地，但杰伊私下报告说， 如果对宪法进行一些修改， 许多反对者可能会支持批准。

For an instant they held their ground, hurling their spears once at the advancing multitude; but before they could fit arrows to their bows they wavered, gave, and turned in terrified rout.

一瞬间，他们坚守阵地，向前进的人群投掷长矛。但在他们能把箭装到弓上之前，他们动摇了，屈服了，转身惊恐地溃败了。