1. continue listening on a telephone繼續聽電話;不要掛斷
Please hang on a second;I'll look for the manager and tell him you are on the phone for him. 請稍等片刻,不要掛掉,我去找經理並告訴他你在電話裡等他。
2. lean or support oneself upon倚;靠
Her head hanging on her mother's arm,the girl fell asleep. 這女孩倚在她媽媽懷裡,睡著了。
3. persevere;continue doing sth. 堅持;堅忍;繼續做
It is a hard task,but if you hang on,you will succeed in the end. 任務雖然艱巨,但如果你堅持下去,你最終是會成功的。
4. cling to;hold on to sth. tightly抓住;握緊
The climber almost fell off the cliff,but managed to hang on until help came. 登山者差點掉下懸崖,但他設法抓住崖邊直到有人救他。
5. depend on;wait on 取決于;依賴于;有待于
Everything hangs on his decision. 一切取決于他的決定。
It all hangs on whether he is willing to cooperate with us. 一切都取決于他是否願意和我們合作。
6. listen with fascination聽得著迷;注意聽
The students hung on his every word. 學生們全神貫注地聽著他的每一句話。
Everyone was hanging on his answer,but he kept silent. 大家都在注意聽他怎麼回答,但他卻一直不吭聲。
7. continue to sound;continue to cause suffering繼續響著;繼續存在(疾病)
The concert had come to an end,but the strains of music seemed to hang on in our ears. 音樂會已經結束,但樂曲聲似乎仍在我們耳邊回蕩。
My cold has hung on for weeks,I just can't shake it off. 我感冒已經好幾個星期,就是好不了。