maintain
maintain 英 [meɪnˈteɪn] 美 [menˈten]
vt. 维持；坚持
进行时:maintaining 过去式:maintained 过去分词:maintained 第三人称单数:maintains
- Maintain means to keep the same––keep steady, keep up, or keep going. Sure, you can ride your bike super fast on a flat surface, but it can be hard to maintain that speed, or keep the same speed, going up a hill.
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- vt. 维持；坚持
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1. to maintain law and order balance, to maintain law and standards balance, to maintain law and a balance
维持治安；保持水平╱平衡
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2. The two countries have always maintained close relations.
这两个国家一直保持着密切关系。
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3. She maintained a dignified silence.
她一言不发，面容威严。
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4. The house is large and difficult to maintain.
房子很大，难以养护。
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5. She has always maintained her innocence.
她一直坚持说她是无辜的。
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6. ‘But I'm innocent!’ she maintained.
“但是我是无辜的！”她坚持道。
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7. 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。
- maintain (v.) mid-13c., "to practice habitually," from Anglo-French meintenir (Old French maintenir, 12c.) "keep (a wife), sustain; persevere in, practice continually," from Latin manu tenere "hold in the hand," from manu, ablative of manus "hand" (from PIE root *man- (2) "hand") + tenere "to hold," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch." Meaning "to carry on, keep up" is from mid-14c.; that of "to keep oneself, to support" is from late 14c. Sense of "to defend in speech" is from mid-14c. Related: Maintained; maintaining; maintains.
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