maintain
英式音标：maintain怎么读
美式音标：maintain怎么读
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近义词： save,bear,uphold,retain,possess,protect,preserve,guard,keep,support,sustain
反义词： abandon
maintain词义
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vt. 维持；继续；维修；主张；供养
词态变化
第三人称单数: maintains;过去式: maintained;过去分词: maintained;现在分词: maintaining;
中文词源
maintain 维持，保持，保养
来自古法语maintenir,保持，维持，来自拉丁语manu tenere,握在手上，控制，来自manu,手，词源同manual,tenere,握住，词源同tenure,contain.引申多种词义。
maintain双语例句
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- 1. In New Zealand, the Maori people maintain a strong cultural tradition.
- 在新西兰，毛利人保持着深厚的文化传统。
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- 2. The government was right to maintain interest rates at a high level.
- 政府维持高利率的做法是正确的。
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- 3. The psychiatrist must learn to maintain an unusual degree of objectivity.
- 精神科医生务必要学会保持超乎寻常的客观态度。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. She could not maintain her balance and moved in a wobbly fashion.
- 她无法保持平衡，走路颤颤巍巍。
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- 5. His critics maintain that he's responsible for many of Algeria's ills.
- 他的批评者们坚持认为他应该为阿尔及利亚所面临的许多难题负责任。
来自柯林斯例句
maintain英文词源
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- maintain
- maintain: [13] Etymologically, maintain means ‘hold in the hand’. It comes via Old French maintenir from Vulgar Latin *manūtenēre ‘support’, a compound verb formed from manū, the ablative case of manus ‘hand’, and tenēre ‘hold’. The derivative maintenance [14] comes from Old French.
=> maintenance, manual, tenant - maintain (v.)
- mid-13c., "to practice habitually," from Anglo-French meintenir (Old French maintenir, 12c.) "keep (a wife), sustain; persevere in, practice continually," from Latin manu tenere "hold in the hand," from manu, ablative of manus "hand" (see manual) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "to carry on, keep up" is from mid-14c.; that of "to keep oneself, to support" is from late 14c. Sense of "to defend in speech" is from mid-14c. Related: Maintained; maintaining; maintains.
maintain实用场景例句
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- to maintain law and order/standards/a balance
- 维持治安；保持水平 / 平衡
牛津词典
- The two countries have always maintained close relations.
- 这两个国家一直保持着密切关系。
牛津词典
- (formal)She maintained a dignified silence.
- 她一言不发，以保持尊严。
牛津词典
- to maintain prices (= prevent them falling or rising)
- 维持价格的稳定
牛津词典
- The house is large and difficult to maintain.
- 房子很大，难以养护。
牛津词典
- The men maintained (that) they were out of the country when the crime was committed.
- 这几个男人坚持说案发时他们在国外。
牛津词典
- She has always maintained her innocence .
- 她一直坚持说她是无辜的。
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- Her income was barely enough to maintain one child, let alone three.
- 她的收入养活一个孩子几乎都不够，更不用说三个了。
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- The Department maintains many close contacts with the chemical industry...
- 这个部门与化工行业保持着众多密切的联系。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Push yourself to make friends and to maintain the friendships.
- 要求自己与人交友并保持友谊。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He has maintained that the money was donated for international purposes...
- 他坚称这笔捐款将用于国际用途。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Prosecutors maintain no deal was made...
- 原告坚持说不存在任何交易。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The government was right to maintain interest rates at a high level.
- 政府维持高利率的做法是正确的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...action is required to ensure standards are maintained at as high a level as possible.
- 要求采取行动确保标准维持在尽量高的水平上。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a tough campaign to force authorities to maintain roads properly...
- 迫使当局妥善维修道路的艰难斗争
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The house costs a fortune to maintain...
- 维修这幢房子花销不菲。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He should pay and maintain you as well.
- 他得给你钱，还得供养你。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the basic costs of maintaining a child.
- 抚养一个孩子的基本费用
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- How many boys and girls are there in your class?
- 你班有多少男生和女生?
期刊摘选
- The idea is to maintain the regularity of the heartbeat.
- 问题就是要维持心跳的规律性.
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