单词
maintain
读音
meɪnˈteɪn
美式 meɪnˈteɪn
英式 meɪnˈteɪn
词根
"Maintain" 的词根主要来自拉丁语 "manu tenere"，其中 "manu" 的意思是"手"，"tenere" 的意思是"持有"。因此，"maintain" 的直译是"手持有"，扩展为"保持"的含义。
释义
["vt. 维持；继续；维修；主张；供养\n \n [\n 第三人称单数\n maintains\n 现在分词\n maintaining\n 过去式\n maintained\n 过去分词\n maintained\n ]"]
例句
The house costs a fortune to maintain.
维修这房子花费巨大。
It's hard to maintain competitive pricing.
很难保持有竞争力的定价。
The government struggled to maintain law and order.
政府努力维持治安。
The house costs a fortune to maintain.
维修这房子花费巨大。
It's hard to maintain competitive pricing.
很难保持有竞争力的定价。
The government struggled to maintain law and order.
政府努力维持治安。
强化记忆
可以把 "maintain" 想象成为 "main + tain"。当我们想要保持一件事情（比如平衡）时，这件事就成为主要的（main）东西，这个东西就像是“tain”。
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and they take months and months under the water, go to the rivers,and maintain our source, maintain our rivers.This is the most important thing,
and you need to get another dose and another doseto maintain protection.What can we do?
and why do they struggle, even when successful,to maintain support?Well, that's the bad news.
With a brain the size of a peanut,they maintain individualized,long-term social bonds,
because I think, in fact, Microsoft as a company has many things it can doto maintain growth,but desktops would not be one of them.
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