1·Teach your child to hold tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.
让你的孩子管住舌头，他自己会很快学会说话。
2·He's a good boy, but very light and volatile in character, and simply cannot hold his tongue.
他是个好孩子，可是性格很轻浮，反复无常，简直控制不住自己的舌头。
3·"Hold your tongue, John," his father rapped out.
“闭上你的嘴，约翰。”他父亲厉声说道。
4·Of course she did, but I shall hold my tongue.
她当然有啦，不过我不能说。
5·When the team is kidnapped, the soldiers cut out the tongue of a local missionary as a way of silencing his prayers, and afterwards hold up the twitching bloody lump in glee.
研究队遭绑架后，士兵们为了使传教士安静下来，割掉了他的舌头，随后又不无欢乐地将传教士扭曲的肢体悬挂示众。
6·I left her because she would not hold her tongue; and she must — tell her Mr Kenneth says she must be quiet.
你可不可以告诉她，只要她答应不说话，我就来，我离开了她，因为她说个不停，她一定得安静些。——告诉她，肯尼兹大夫这样说的。
7·As we all know, our tongue can also hold the bacteria that can produce the nasty smell of garlic.
众所周知，舌头上同样留有能够制造蒜味的细菌。
8·In good times its warnings may well be ignored and during a crisis it may have to hold its tongue for fear of sparking panic.
在经济繁荣的时候，该委员会发出的警告也许不为人们所重视，而在危机时刻，该委员会不得不保持沉默，以防煽动大众恐慌。
9·The fellow kept babbling away and would not hold his tongue.
那个家伙唠唠叨叨地讲个不停，不肯住嘴。
10·I saw nothing for it but to hold my tongue, and suffer matters to take their course; and Kenneth being arrived, I went with a badly composed countenance to announce him.
我看不出有什么法子，除了不吭声，而且听其自然；肯尼兹到了，我带着一副难看的神色去为他通报。