1·Feudalism in Europe was mainly a system of land holding—a system of holding land in exchange for military service.
欧洲的封建制度实际上是一种土地所有制度，这种制度可以使得拥有土地的人拿土地去换取他人的军事保护。
2·As a result, planes were kept in a holding pattern, sometimes three or four miles apart, until they were cleared to land.
结果，飞机均被保持在等待航线状态，有时相隔三四英里，直至它们得到降落指示。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
3·If there is another citizen D either holding a dollar or another piece of land but refrain to take part in the game.
如果有第四个市民有一枚硬币或者是有另外一块土地，他不参与这个游戏。
4·"This," said the barman, holding out the card as if it was a small fish whose soul had three weeks earlier winged its way to the Land Where Fish are Eternally Blessed, "we don't accept it."
“这个，”酒吧男侍说，轻轻拿起那张卡片，就好像这是一条小鱼，且它的灵魂已在三周前离开，去了可以永远被护佑的鱼之天堂。 “我们不收它。”
5·A German soldier holding a small tree arranged with lighted candles began to walk across the land toward the English lines.
一位德国士兵手持一棵小树，树上整齐地排列着点燃的蜡烛，他越过边界走向英国阵地。
6·Known as the "low countries" because much of the land is now below sea level, many of the country's largest cities are kept dry only by huge walls holding back the sea.
因为大部分国土现在都低于海平面，因而成为众所皆知的“低地国”，国内有很多城市靠着墙壁挡住海水才能不被水淹。
7·Holding an Olympic game in our own land will help us to be more aware of our defects.
在“家门口”举办奥运会，更能让我们看清自己的不足之处。
8·Contributing to farmers' distress is the continuing fragmentation of land with average land-holding size getting halved from the beginning of the 1960s.
而土地的分散更导致了农民的困苦，私有土地的平均面积比60年代早期减少了一半。
9·Despite his superior Numbers and firepower on land, sea and in the air, the colonel seems mainly to be holding back for now.
尽管Qaddafi上校在陆海空军的人数和火力上占尽优势，但他现在似乎有些退缩。
10·It is a holding company for businesses in land development, port operations, energy and financial services.
它是土地开发、港口运营、能源及金融服务类控股公司。