maintain one's position;refuse to retreat or surrender堅持自己的地 位或立場;不讓步 Throughout the debate he firmly held his ground and won out in the end. 在整個辯論中,他堅持一步 不讓,終于得勝了。 Our troops held the ground bravely. 我們的部隊勇敢地堅守陣地。