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单词 holding operation
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holding operation
noun[Cusually singular]
UK
uk
/ˈhəʊl.dɪŋ ɒp.ərˌeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˈhoʊl.dɪŋ ɑː.pəˌreɪ.ʃən/
atemporaryway ofdealingwith asituationuntil a new andbetterway can beintroduced:
临时措施
This is just aholdingoperationuntil we get the newmanagementstructuresortedout.这只是我们在建立新的管理架构之前采取的临时措施。
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(Definition ofholding operationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

holding operation| Business English

holding operation
noun[C]
uk
us
something that is done as atemporaryactioninordertostopabadsituationfrom gettingworse, or untilfurtherdecisionscan be made:
Keepinginterestrateslowis aholdingoperationuntil there is asignificantimprovementin theeconomicsituation.
(Definition ofholding operationfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofholding operation

holding operation
The first matter is that a tactical orholdingoperationis needed.
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Stuttgart turned out to be a sort ofholdingoperation.
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It is wrong to pretend that this is just a mereholdingoperation.
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As for it being a mereholdingoperation, it was an agreement that there was no agreement to be had.
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I would, however, stress that this has had to be a rapidholdingoperationwith two essential objectives.
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But they are at the moment only a successfulholdingoperation.
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If it were a mereholdingoperation, it would be grossly wrong to spend £50 million.
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We have had the feeling over the past two years that this has been a brilliant and successfulholdingoperation.
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We realise that it is aholdingoperationuntil 1965.
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But such a pact can be only a short-term,holdingoperationto delay proliferation for a brief period of years.
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But all this really is, and has been, aholdingoperation.
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I want to stress this matter because there may be an impression that it is just aholdingoperation.
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But we all knew that this could be only aholdingoperation.
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I should regard this as aholdingoperation, a second best.
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If so, how long is it to be aholdingoperation?
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