maintain

maintain读音音标

英 [meɪnˈteɪn]

美 [menˈten]

maintain意思解释

vt.

保持；

保养；

坚持；

固执己见

变形

过去式：maintained

过去分词：maintained

现在分词：maintaining

第三人称单数：maintains

双语释义

v.(动词)

vt. 保持; 继续 keep up; retain; continuevt. 坚持; 主张 assert as truevt. 保养,维护 keep in good repair; defendvt. 供给; 赡养support

英英释义

maintain

[ mein\'tein ]

v.

keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g.,

同义词：keephold

keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction

同义词：conservepreservekeep up

supply with necessities and support

同义词：sustainkeep

state categorically

同义词：assertasseverate

have and exercise

同义词：wieldexert

maintain for use and service

同义词：keep

maintain by writing regular records

\"maintain a record\"

同义词：keep

state or assert

\"He maintained his innocence\"

同义词：defend

support against an opponent

同义词：uphold

observe correctly or closely

同义词：observekeep

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)～+名词maintain a balance保持平衡maintain discipline维护纪律maintain distance保持距离maintain one\'s family供养家庭maintain friendship保持友谊maintain the front支撑门面,维持场面maintain life维持生命maintain an open mind无成见maintain order维持秩序maintain peace and order维持治安maintain position保持地位maintain public highways养护公路maintain relationship保持关系maintain one\'s right维护自己的权利maintain stability保持稳定maintain standard维持水准maintain one\'s strength保持体力maintain strong ties with与…保持紧密的联系maintain the style of保持…的作风maintain unity保持团结～+副词maintain adequately充分地保养maintain agreeably容易保养maintain categorically明确地主张maintain cautiously谨慎地主张maintain confusedly不明确地主张maintain consistently一致坚持maintain contemptuously傲慢地坚持maintain conventionally按常规坚持maintain curiously不寻常地坚持maintain emphatically坚决主张maintain fundamentally基本上主张maintain intelligently明智地主张maintain intensely热情地主张maintain personally个人主张maintain progressively不断主张maintain quietly悄悄地继续maintain remarkably可靠地供给maintain rigidly强硬地坚持maintain satisfactorily满意地供给maintain spectacularly特殊地供给maintain stubbornly顽强地坚持maintain successfully〔victoriously〕成功地坚持maintain theoretically理论主张maintain thoughtlessly轻率地坚持maintain tyrannically强有力地坚持maintain unhesitatingly毫不迟疑地主张maintain unnecessarily不必要地坚持maintain unreasonably不合理地主张～+介词maintain one\'s ground against the enemy坚持自己反对敌人的立场

词组短语

maintain in

维持…；保持…

maintain order

维持秩序

maintain world peace

维护世界和平

maintain contact with

与...保持联系

maintain discipline

维持纪律

同近义词辨析

allege, testify, affirm, maintain, assert, claim

这组词都有“断言，声称”的意思，其区别是：

allege

多指无真凭实据，不提供证据的断言或宣称。

testify

多指在法庭作证，庄严地宣称自己所说属实。

affirm

侧重在作出断言时表现出的坚定与不可动摇的态度。

maintain

与assert近义，但前者指坚决维护某种主张或观点。

assert

主观意味强，指自认为某事就是如此，而不管事实如何。

claim

可与assert换用，但语气弱一些，侧重指行为自己的权利提出要求他人承认。

conserve, store, save, maintain, preserve

这组词都有“保存，储藏”的意思，其区别是：

conserve

较正式用词，指小心地使用难以补充的资源或贵重物，免遭浪费或毁坏，以备不时之需。

store

普通用词，指将物品存放，以备将来使用。

save

普通用词，指尽量少用，以争取数量上有所增加。

maintain

指保持原样，不增不减

preserve

侧重将物品完好无损地保存下来。

双语例句

用作及物动词(vt.)It is absolutely vital that food supplies should be maintained.维持食物的供给是绝对必要的。They also help us to maintain the machinery.他们还帮助我们维修机器。They tell the peasants in detail how to maintain the pumps.他们详细地教给农民怎样保养抽水机。It is clearly illogical to maintain such a proposition.坚持这种主张显然是没有道理的。He maintains that there are no short cuts to effective management.他断言,有效的管理没有捷径可走。