maintain的解释

1. 坚持
2. 养护
3. 保因
4. 定克混剂
5. 维护

1. 保持，维持，使继续
2. 保养，维护，维修
3. 坚持，主张，断言
4. 供养，供给，抚养，赡养
5. 支持
6. 负担
7. 保卫
8. 坚守
9. 强调
10. 坚持意见，固执己见
11. 继续，持续

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

   "keep clean"
   "hold in place"
   "She always held herself as a lady"
   "The students keep me on my toes"
   

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

   "We preserve these archeological findings"
   "The old lady could not keep up the building"
   "children must be taught to conserve our national heritage"
   "The museum curator conserved the ancient manuscripts"
   

3. supply with necessities and support;

   "She alone sustained her family"
   "The money will sustain our good cause"
   "There's little to earn and many to keep"
   

4. state categorically
5. have and exercise;

   "wield power and authority"
   

6. maintain for use and service;

   "I keep a car in the countryside"
   "She keeps an apartment in Paris for her shopping trips"
   

7. maintain by writing regular records;

   "keep a diary"
   "maintain a record"
   "keep notes"
   

8. state or assert;

   "He maintained his innocence"
   

9. support against an opponent;

   "The appellate court upheld the verdict"
   

10. stick to correctly or closely;

    "The pianist kept time with the metronome"
    "keep count"
    "I cannot keep track of all my employees"
    

1.维持;保持
If youmaintain something, you continue to have it, and do not let it stop or grow weaker.

e.g. The Department maintains many close contacts with the chemical industry...
这个部门与化工行业保持着众多密切的联系。
e.g. Push yourself to make friends and tomaintain the friendships.
要求自己与人交友并保持友谊。

2.断言;宣称;坚称
If you say that someonemaintains that something is true, you mean that they have stated their opinion strongly but not everyone agrees with them or believes them.

e.g. He has maintained that the money was donated for international purposes...
他坚称这笔捐款将用于国际用途。
e.g. Prosecutorsmaintain no deal was made...
原告坚持说不存在任何交易。

3.保持，维持（在某一比率或水平上）
If youmaintain somethingat a particular rate or level, you keep it at that rate or level.

e.g. The government was right tomaintain interest rates at a high level.
维持高利率的做法是正确的。
e.g. ...action is required to ensure standards are maintained at as high a level as possible.
要求采取行动确保标准维持在尽量高的水平上。

4.维修;保养
If youmaintain a road, building, vehicle, or machine, you keep it in good condition by regularly checking it and repairing it when necessary.

e.g. ...a tough campaign to force authorities tomaintain roads properly...
迫使当局妥善维修道路的艰难斗争
e.g. The house costs a fortune tomaintain...
维修这幢房子花销不菲。

5.供养;赡养
If youmaintain someone, you provide them with money and other things that they need.

e.g. He should pay andmaintain you as well.
他得给你钱，还得供养你。
e.g. ...the basic costs of maintaining a child.
抚养一个孩子的基本费用

1. Food is necessary to maintain life.
   食物是维持生命所必需的。
2. How much does it cost to maintain this house?
   维修这栋房子需要多少钱?
3. The government maintains the law.
   维律。
4. Be careful to maintain your reputation.
   要小心保持你的名誉。
5. The two countries have maintained friendly relations for many years.
   两国多年来一直保持着友好的关系。
6. They still maintain some distance from him.
   他们和他仍然保持着一定的距离。
7. He has to maintain his wife and two children.
   他不得不养活妻子和两个孩子。
8. Somehow he managed to maintain a son at the university.
   他设法供一个儿子上了大学。
9. The machine is very simple to maintain.
   这机器保养起来很简便。
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10. The public order is well maintained.
    公共秩序维持得很好。
11. In our country, universities and colleges are maintained by the state.
    在我国,大专院校是由国家办的。
12. He was maintained by pride in his family.
    对家庭的自豪感支持着他。

1. He maintained that he was not to be blamed.
   他坚持说他不应该受到责怪。
2. She maintains that the accusation is groundless.
   她坚持认为该指控是毫无根据的。

1. He maintained the policy to be wrong.
   他坚持认为这个是错误的。

maintain at (v.+prep.)

把…保持在 keep sth at a (higher) level
maintain sth at sth

We must do our best to maintain sales at their usual rate in these times of poor trade.

在生意不景气的时候,我们要尽力使销售额保持在平日的水平上。

maintain in (v.+prep.)

供养…使之以…生活 support sb in sth

maintain on (v.+prep.)

依靠…供养 support sb on sth
maintain sb on sth

He has to maintain a large family on a small salary.

他不得不依靠很少的工资养活一家人。

maintain with (v.+prep.)

与…保持 retain with sb
maintain sth with sb

We maintain cordial relations with our neighbours.

我们与邻里保持亲切友好的关系。

1. maintain的基本意思是“保持”“继续”,指采取某种手段或措施保留一种有价值的东西,使其获得保养并维持良好状况,有时也指使事情能正常持续下去,引申可表示“坚持”“主张”“供给”“赡养”等。
2. maintain只用作及物动词,后面可接表示生命、法律、秩序、和平、友谊等名词作宾语; 也可接that从句,还可接以“to be+ adj .”充当补足语的复合宾语。