1·The project is on hold until more money is available.
这项工程暂停，等到有更多的钱时再进行。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·She put her career on hold to have a baby.
她中断了事业以便生孩子。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·He put his retirement on hold to work 16 hours a day, seven days a week to find a solution.
为了找到一个解决方案，他推迟了退休，每周工作7天，每天工作16小时。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
4·He put his retirement on hold.
他推迟了退休。
5·The homework rules should be put on hold while the school board, which is responsible for setting educational policy, looks into the matter and conducts public hearings.
当负责制定教育政策的学校董事会调查此事并举行公开听证会时，家庭作业规则应该暂时搁置。
6·An advertising executive hospitalized for depression shortly after winning an award put it this way: "Without my depression, I'd be a failure now; with it, I'm a success 'on hold'."
一位广告主管在获奖后不久因抑郁症而入院治疗，他说：“没有抑郁症，我现在就是一个失败者；有了抑郁症，我就是一个‘暂缓’的成功者。”
7·Unity talks with Fatah are on hold.
与法塔赫之间的合作谈判也被搁置了。
8·The sentence was recently put on hold.
这个判决最近被搁置了起来。
9·A judge has put those provisions on hold.
一名法官裁决暂不执行这些条款。
10·I'm putting you on hold to answer another call.
我把你设成呼叫保持以便接另一个电话。