【句子】I'm holding my marriage together by my fingernails. 【Desperate Housewives S2E5】
【发音】/aɪm/ / 'həʊldɪŋ/ /maɪ/ /ˈmær.ɪdʒ/ /təˈgeð.ə(r)/ /baɪ/ /maɪ/ /ˈfɪŋ.gə.neɪlz/
【发音技巧】暂无；
【翻译】我已经在拼命挽救自己的婚姻了。
【适用场合】
今天我们一起来学习一下这样一个短语，hold something together；
在今天的视频中，这个短语可以用来表示：
to keep the component parts of something together
“把某个东西的组成部分连接、维系在一起”；

eg: Here's a binder clip to hold your report together.
这是一个装订夹，能把你的报告都固定在一起。

eg: I don't think glue will hold the figurine together for long.
我觉得胶水没办法把这个小雕像粘住很长时间。

eg: My aunt was the glue that held our family together. After she died, I hardly ever saw my relatives.
我的姑姑就好像是我们家庭成员之间的粘合剂一样，她去世之后，我很少再和我家亲戚见面了。

eg: She worked at two jobs in order to hold her family together.
为了养家糊口，她同时打两份工。

eg: Our club was failing despite our efforts to hold it together.
尽管我们努力维持，但是我们的俱乐部还是倒闭了。

eg: My family has managed to hold together through some tough times.
我们一家人团结在一起，挺过了一些艰难的时刻。

eg: It's the mother who usually holds the family together.
使全家人凝聚在一起的通常是母亲。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
How can any family hold together under these circumstances?