So I must admit I feel sure we could hold our own against foreign bikes.

所以我必须承认，我确定我们能用自己的自行车去跟外国的竞争。

" We're holding our own, " she said. " It's a very different year" .

" 我们坚持住了，" 她说。" 这是非常不同的一年。"

But I've had my licks, too, and we've managed to hold our own.

也有过失败 无论怎样 我们都挺了过来。

But we held our own without any appearance of molestation.

但是我们没有任何骚扰的迹象。

Really? I... thought we more than held our own.

真的吗 我以为我们干得不错呢。

For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.

因为我们的虚荣心使我们认为自己的性格一成不变，我们也很慢地承认它们已经改变，即使是变得更好。