maintain
基本释义
- v.保持,维持;维修,保养;断言,主张;赡养,抚养;<旧>支持,维护
词语例句
保持,维持vt.
六级四级After the divorce, their father still maintained close contact with the boys.
离婚后,他们的父亲仍和儿子们保持着密切联系。
They speculate that craft activities promote the development of nerve pathways in the brain that help to maintain cognitive health.
研究人员推测,手工活动促进了大脑中有助于保持认知健康的神经通路的发展。
The key will be to abandon the measures of sustainability, which centre on the need to maintain production without increasing damage.
关键将是放弃可持续性措施,这些措施的核心是在不增加损害的情况下维持生产。
维修,保养vt.
四级The house costs a fortune to maintain.
维修这房子花费巨大。
In some states, revenues from the gasoline tax are used to build and maintain roads.
在一些州,汽油税的收入被用来修建和维护道路。
断言,主张vt.
六级He has maintained that the money was donated for international purposes.
他坚持说这笔钱是出于国际目的而捐助的。
Do you still maintain that?
你仍然坚持这个观点吗?
赡养,抚养vt.
He should pay and maintain you as well.
他得给你钱,还得供养你。
- The house costs a fortune to maintain.维修这房子花费巨大。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- It's hard to maintain competitive pricing.很难保持有竞争力的定价。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- The government struggled to maintain law and order.政府努力维持治安。来自《牛津词典》
相关短语
- maintain high standards保持高标准
- maintain law and order维持治安
- maintain a balance保持平衡
- maintain that坚持(意见)
- maintain in维持…;保持…
- maintain order维持秩序
- maintain world peace维护世界和平
- maintain contact with与...保持联系
- maintain discipline维持纪律
- to maintain赡养;保持;维持;维护
- maintain world peace维护世界和平;维持世界的和平;保护世界和平
- to maintain neutrality保持中立
- How to Maintain Mattress床垫如何保养;床垫如何颐养
- Computer System Maintain计算机系统维修;计算机体例维修;电脑系统维修
词语扩展
- allege/testify/affirm/maintain/assert/claim
- conserve/store/save/maintain/preserve
词义分布
英英释义
- v.keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,
- v.keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction
- v.supply with necessities and support
- v.state categorically
- v.have and exercise
- v.maintain for use and service
- v.to make something continue at the same level
维持;保持- The army is trying to maintain order in the country.军队力图维护国家秩序。
- v.to keep a road, building, vehicle or machine in good condition
维护;维修;保养- The house costs a lot to maintain.房子维修花销不菲。
词源
- maintain来自盎格鲁-诺曼语和古法语maintenir, 来自后期拉丁语manūteneō("I support"), 来自拉丁语manū("with the hand") + teneō("I hold").
- 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保持;维持;维修,保养(车辆、道路等);支持,坚持,主张来源于拉丁语中由manus(手)和tenere(握,持有)组成的复合词manutenere(用手去维持),经古法语maintenir进入英语。 词根词缀: main(-man-)手 + -tain-握,持有