| 单词 | maintain |
| 释义 | maintain (meɪnteɪn ) Word forms: maintains , maintaining , maintained 1. verb B2 If you maintain something, you continue to have it, and do not let it stop or grow weaker. The Department maintains many close contacts with the chemical industry. [VERB noun] Push yourself to make friends and to maintain the friendships. [VERB noun] ...the emergency powers to try to maintain law and order. [VERB noun] 2. verb If you say that someone maintains that something is true, you mean that they have stated their opinion strongly but not everyone agrees with them or believes them. He has maintained that the money was donated for international purposes. [VERB that] Prosecutors maintain no deal was made. [VERB that] 'Not all feminism has to be like this,' Jo maintains. [VERB with quote] He had always maintained his innocence. [VERB noun] Synonyms: assert, state, hold, claim 3. verb B2 If you maintain something at a particular rate or level, you keep it at that rate or level. The government was right to maintain interest rates at a high level. [VERB noun + at] ...action is required to ensure standards are maintained at as high a level as possible. [V n at n] 4. verb B2 If you maintain a road, building, vehicle, or machine, you keep it in good condition by regularly checking it and repairing it when necessary. ...a tough campaign to force authorities to maintain roads properly. [VERB noun] The house costs a fortune to maintain. [VERB noun] The cars are getting older and less well-maintained. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: look after, care for, take care of, finance 5. verb If you maintain someone, you provide them with money and other things that they need. ...the basic costs of maintaining a child. [VERB noun] Synonyms: support, look after, keep, finance Collocations: maintain a standard Individuals with experience, preferably, but also with that dependable quality: the ability to maintain a standard no matter the opposition. Times, Sunday Times The company said it needed to increase its fees to maintain the standard of its service and to pay for changes in regulation. Times, Sunday Times He ran them ragged all game - but he now has to maintain that standard if he wants to kick on. The Sun I try to maintain the standard and only use the best ingredients. ST Assuming he can buy a property and repay the mortgage before he retires, he would need a monthly income of about 1,500 net to maintain his standard of living. Times, Sunday Times You can easily maintain this temperature by placing the potted seeds on top of your refrigerator. Globe and Mail All tunas are able to maintain the temperature of certain parts of their body above the temperature of ambient seawater. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These are digitally controlled to maintain the temperature. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Full size intermodal containers equipped with these cryogenic systems can maintain their temperature for the 30 days needed for sea transport. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In industry, energy has to be expended to raise, lower, or maintain the temperature of objects or process fluids. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 维持 Japanese: 維持する |
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