holding pattern是什么意思

双语例句

(1)As a result, planes were kept in a holding pattern, sometimes three or four miles apart, until they were cleared to land.

结果，飞机均被保持在等待航线状态，有时相隔三四英里，直至它们得到降落指示。

(2)I have lost a total of 19 pounds and have been pretty much in a holding pattern for the past three to four weeks.

我的体重共减少了19磅，过去三四周没什么变化。

(3)"The Hewlett-Packard news brings a better tone to the market, which has been in a kind of holding pattern," said one trader.

“惠普的消息带给一直处于停滞的市场一个较好的基调，”一位贸易商说道。

(4)Don't spend your life in a holding pattern.

不要在等待的航线上浪费你的生命。

(5)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。

同义词

等待航线；停滞状态

释义

n.

the flight path maintained by an aircraft awaiting permission to land

待机航线（指飞机降落前在空中等待的飞行航线）。