phrasal verbphr vASK FOR something/ASK somebody TO DO somethingto not accept anything less than you have asked for 坚持要求
Transport workers are holding out for a 20% pay rise.
运输业工作者坚持要求加薪20%。
Examples from the Corpus
hold out for • Or maybe we should hold out for a bid from Big Oil.• It crossed my mind to hold out for a job in corporatefinance.• Another dissented from the finalfigure, holding out for a loweraward.• What if Mr Hallheld out for a while before settling up?• We can hold out for days.• Should they compromise with Clinton over a piece of the tax-cut pie or hold out for the whole pie?