holding pattern

基本解释

Again, this is the second and last and last of these sort of holding pattern lectures.
这是第二次,也是最后一次以这样的形式讲课
This allows all the sub-steps (Steps 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d) to accumulate in a slight holding pattern.
这允许接下去的步骤（步骤2、2、 2和 2）以一种轻微的停止模式累积。
Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.
沐浴在爱中，要胜过处于交通事故中，束在绑紧的腰带中，处于更高的税级中，或者坐在飞过费城的飞机中。

Again, this is the second and last and last of these sort of holding pattern lectures.
这是第二次,也是最后一次以这样的形式讲课
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So, what I want to do today-- again, this is a parallel-holding-pattern lecture.
我今天要讲的是,再次强调,这是一门同步课程
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As of right now, most conservatives I know are in a holding pattern.
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