Maintain
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vt. 保持;保养;坚持;固执己见;
💡 词根助记
main手+tain拿→用手拿住→维持
📝 例句
Mr. Smith maintains his son at college.
史密斯先生供养念大学的儿子。
He can't maintain enough equilibrium to ride a bike.
他骑自行车不能保持平衡.
It seemed impossible for the army to maintain any sort of order.
看来部队要保持最起码的战斗队形都很难办到。
A drop zero radius would require an infinite supersaturation to maintain it.
要使一个半径为零的液滴保持下去将需要无限大的过饱和度。
Ann and Mary maintained their friendship for the next thirty years.
安妮和玛丽在此后的三十年中一直保持着她们之间的友谊。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ main-主要的,tain-train 火车:主要的火车每年都需要维持、维修
※ main-主要的,ta-拼音“他”:主要由他来维持家庭的生计,和赡养父母
※ main-主要的,tain-taint污点:我们的主要目的是要维持围墙上不要有“t”形污点
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-tact-表示“触摸”
常见变体有-tach-、-tire-、-tag-、-tang-
📖 牛津释义
maintain
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (with sth) cause sth to continue; keep sth in existence at the same level, standard, etc 保持或维持某事物
maintain friendly relations, contacts, etc (with sb) （与某人）保持友好关系、 接触等
enough food to maintain one's strength 足以维持体力的食物
maintain law and order 维持法治
maintain prices, ie prevent them falling 维持住物价（防止跌落）
maintain one's rights 保留自己的权利
Maintain your speed at 60 mph. 你要保持每小时60英里的速度.
The improvement in his health is being maintained. 他的健康状况仍在继续好转.
2 [Tn] support (sb) financially 在财务上支持（某人）; 赡养; 扶养
earn enough to maintain a family in comfort 挣的钱足以维持一家人过舒适的生活
This school is maintained by a charity. 该校由一慈善机构资助.
She maintains two sons at university. 她供两个儿子上大学.
3 [Tn] keep (sth) in good condition or working order 保养, 维修（某物）
maintain the roads, a house, a car, etc 保养道路、 房子、 汽车等
Engineers maintain the turbines. 机修工维修涡轮机.
a well-maintained house 保养良好的房子.
4 [Tn, Tf] assert (sth) as true 断言（某事）属实; 坚持
maintain one's innocence 坚持自己无辜
maintain that one is innocent of a charge 对某项指控坚称无罪.
🎯 考研助记
主要的(main)火车(tain-train) 保持安全 网友：yqy补充： main[=man手]+tain拿→用手拿住→保持)[man,maun=hand,表示"手"]；main主要的，tain拿：拿着主要的－－维持生命
🔁 扩展释义
*[mein'tein]vt. 维持, 维修, 保持, 坚持, 供养, 主张【化】 维修
🏥 医学释义
维修，保养
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Don't stand on ceremony, make yourself at home.
别客气，随便吃。
Tastes good!
味道好极了！
It had been purchased by a local authority so that an enormous pie could be baked for an annual fair.
某地方当局买下它用来焙制一个巨大的馅饼为一年一度交易会助兴。