"hold on" 可以依照不同情況就有好幾個不同的用法和解釋.
通常的意思有：堅持住!繼續(xù)；等一等（停?。?；忍住；抓住,等等不同解釋.
給你幾個例句應(yīng)該比較容易明白：
講電話時：“Please hold on.請稍候”或 “Hold on,please.請不要掛斷.”
叫住別人時：Hold on, please.請等一下.
Hold on!buddy －－兄弟,要挺住啊!
Hold on a minute while I get my breath back. 停一停, 讓我喘口氣.
He held on to the rock to stop himself slipping. 他緊緊抓住巖石以免往下滑.
You should hold on to your shares. 你應(yīng)該繼續(xù)保留（持有）股份.
I don't think I can hold on much longer. 我覺得自己堅持不了多長時間了.
hold on to 可接名詞,+ do sth ,表示繼續(xù)做某事.
But people still hold on to that illusion.
但人們?nèi)匀粓猿诌@種想法.