Venus has long been held up as a cautionary tale for everything that could go wrong on a planet like Earth.

金星一直以来都被当成一种警示，警示我们，如果像地球这种星球如果出了岔子的话，就会是这样子的。

Yet businessmen and victims say supplies are being held up as bureaucracies fall back on tired old rules and straitjacket procedures.

面对如此天灾，政府却还一味地拘泥于繁文缛节，由此，许多商人以及难民表示，如今救灾物资根本无法落实到位。

That team from 1998 was held up as the team that represented that the mixed society of France really, really works.

1998年的那支国家队被视为取得了丰硕成果的代表法国混合型社会的球队。

How much longer will fables of valor be held up as an excuse for using mothers to prop up a failing system?

英勇的寓言被视为利用母亲来维持一个失败的体制的借口，这样的日子还要继续到何时？

Until recently, culture would have been held up as a second defining feature of humanity.

直到最近，文化还被视为人类的第二个决定性特征。

Each country was held up as a shining example to other crisis-stricken places, their officials effusively praised.

每个国家都被树立为其他危机地区的光辉榜样，他们的官员热情洋溢地称赞。

His biographies of James Watt, Richard Arkwright and Josiah Wedgwood were held up as beacons to guide the working man through his difficult life.

他为詹姆斯·瓦特、理查德·阿克莱特和乔赛亚·韦奇伍德所著的传记被奉为指引劳动者克服困苦生活的明灯。

What are you seeing in terms of how Ukrainians are holding up as this war grinds on, and amid atrocities?

随着这场战争的持续和暴行的进行，你认为乌克兰人是如何坚持下去的？

And then, in the Second Temple in Jerusalem, the menorah had been held up as one of the most important symbols in Judaism.

然后，在耶路撒冷的第二圣殿，烛台被奉为犹太教最重要的象征之一。

Somehow, we live in this world where, in 2017, the US Constitution is held up as the supreme law of the land, right?

不知何故，我们生活在这个世界上， 在 2017 年，美国宪法被奉为国家的最高法律， 对吧？

Margaret Thatcher was also said to get by on four hours a night, while the 130-hour work weeks endured by tech-heads has been held up as key to their success.

据说撒切尔夫人每晚只睡 4 个小时，而科技界人士每周忍受 130 个小时的工作被认为是他们成功的关键。

Meek wives are, in general, foolish mothers; wanting their children to love them best, and take their part, in secret, against the father, who is held up as a scarecrow.

一般来说，温顺的妻子是愚蠢的母亲；希望他们的孩子最好地爱他们，并暗中参与反对被当作稻草人的父亲。

You mentioned in your reporting that this pledge is being held up as a possible model for wealthier countries to help coal-dependent countries like Indonesia and Vietnam and get them to shift to greener energies.

您在报告中提到， 这一承诺被认为是富裕国家帮助印度尼西亚和越南等依赖煤炭的国家并让它们转向更绿色能源的可能模式。