maintain
verb OPAL WOPAL S
/meɪnˈteɪn/
/meɪnˈteɪn/
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they maintain | /meɪnˈteɪn/ /meɪnˈteɪn/ |
he / she / it maintains | /meɪnˈteɪnz/ /meɪnˈteɪnz/ |
past simple maintained | /meɪnˈteɪnd/ /meɪnˈteɪnd/ |
past participle maintained | /meɪnˈteɪnd/ /meɪnˈteɪnd/ |
-ing form maintaining | /meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/ /meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/ |
synonym preserve维持;保持 - to maintain law and order/standards/a balance/control
维持法律和秩序/标准/平衡/控制 - ANU has maintained its position as Australia's top university.
ANU一直保持着澳大利亚顶尖大学的地位。 - The two countries have always maintained close relations.
这两个国家一直保持着密切关系。 - (formal) She maintained a dignified silence.
她一言不发,面容威严。 - to maintain prices (= prevent them from falling or rising)
维持价格的稳定
- Building and maintaining good relationships is an important part of what we do.
建立和保持良好的关系是我们工作的重要组成部分。 - He emphasized the need to maintain the status quo.
他强调了保持现状的必要性。 - He successfully maintained the financial health of the company.
他成功地维持了公司财务的健康运行。 - The government's position became increasingly difficult to maintain.
政府的立场越来越难以维持。 - They are looking to cut costs while simultaneously maintaining the existing levels of service.
他们考虑要在保持现有服务水平的同时降低成本。 - This pace cannot be maintained indefinitely.
这样的速度不可能无限期地保持下去。 - Security personnel struggled to maintain order.
安保人员努力维持秩序。 - Email is used to maintain contact with members.
电子邮件用于与成员保持联系。
Collocations Dictionaryverb + maintain- be anxious to
- want to
- have to
- …
- indefinitely
- simultaneously
- successfully
- …
- the duty to maintain something
- the need to maintain something
- to maintain law and order/standards/a balance/control
维修;保养 - The house is large and difficult to maintain.
房子很大,难以养护。
Topics Buildingsb2- a poorly maintained central heating system
养护不力的中央供暖系统 - I do a lot of mechanical work and I maintain my own car.
我做大量的机械工作,并维护自己的汽车。 - The grounds are beautifully maintained.
庭院养护得很好。 - The wheel spats collect debris and make it difficult to maintain the brakes.
车轮飞溅会收集碎片,使制动器难以维护。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- properly
- well
- …
- be difficult to
- be easy to
- be responsible for maintaining something
- The house is large and difficult to maintain.
synonym keep供养;扶养 - 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。
- His priority is to maintain and protect his family.
他的首要任务是维护和保护家人。 - Under the terms of the agreement she had forfeited her right to be maintained by her husband.
根据协议条款,她丧失了由丈夫抚养的权利。 - Maintaining a modern, well-equipped armed force is a challenge.
保持一支现代化、装备精良的武装力量是一项挑战。
- Her income was barely enough to maintain one child, let alone three.
synonym insist坚持(意见);固执己见 - maintain (that)… 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。 - It is difficult to maintain that such a harsh punishment was justified.
很难坚持这样严厉的惩罚是正当的。 - maintain something She has always maintained her innocence.
她一直坚持说她是无辜的。 - + speech ‘But I'm innocent!’ she maintained.
“但是我是无辜的!” 她坚持道。
Language Bank argueargueVerbs for reporting an opinionTopics Opinion and argumentb2陈述观点的动词 - Some critics argue that Picasso remained a great master all his life.
一些评论家认为毕加索毕生都是一位大师。
- Some critics argue that Picasso remained a great master all his life.
- Others maintain that there is a significant deterioration in quality in his post-war work.
其他人坚称他战后的作品质量明显下降。
- Others maintain that there is a significant deterioration in quality in his post-war work.
- Picasso himself claimed that good art is created, but great art is stolen.
毕加索自己声称,好的艺术是创造出来的,伟大的艺术却是偷来的。
- Picasso himself claimed that good art is created, but great art is stolen.
- As Smith has noted, Picasso borrowed imagery from African art.
正如史密斯所述,毕加索借用了非洲艺术的意象。
- As Smith has noted, Picasso borrowed imagery from African art.
- As the author points out, Picasso borrowed imagery from African art.
正如作者指出的那样,毕加索借用了非洲艺术的意象。
- As the author points out, Picasso borrowed imagery from African art.
- The writer challenges the notion that Picasso’s sculpture was secondary to his painting.
作者对这种观点表示质疑,即毕加索的雕塑不及他的绘画。
- The writer challenges the notion that Picasso’s sculpture was secondary to his painting.
- It has been suggested that Picasso’s painting was influenced by jazz music.
据说毕加索的绘画受到爵士乐的影响。
- It has been suggested that Picasso’s painting was influenced by jazz music.
- maintain (that)… The men maintained (that) they were out of the country when the crime was committed.
词源Middle English (also in the sense ‘practise an action habitually’): from Old French maintenir, from Latin manu tenere ‘hold in the hand’.