--- Is Peter there? _, please…——2008 高考英语第 23 题答案解析

【答案】B

【解答】
--- Is Peter there? $\_, please. I$’ll see if I can find him for you. A. Hold up B. Hold on C. Hold out D. Hold off

【高考考点】动词短语词义辨析。【答案与解析】】B。hold up“阻止，举起”；holdon“稍等会儿，（打电话时）别挂断”；hold on“稍等会儿，（打电话时）别挂断”；hold out“伸出，提出”；hold out“伸出，提出”；holdoff本题考查的是打电话时的用语；holdoff“推迟，战胜，克服”。从语境看这是打电话时叫对方别挂。故选B。