maintained

英 [meɪnˈteɪnd]

美 [meɪnˈteɪnd]

v.  维持; 保持; 维修; 保养; 坚持(意见); 固执己见
maintain的过去分词和过去式

过去式：maintained　过去分词：maintained　

BNC.16187 / COCA.26803

柯林斯词典

• VERB 维持;保持
  If youmaintainsomething, you continue to have it, and do not let it stop or grow weaker.
  1. 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。
  2. Push yourself to make friends and to maintain the friendships.
     要求自己与人交友并保持友谊。
  3. ...the emergency powers to try to maintain law and order.
     维持法律秩序的应急权力
• VERB 断言;宣称;坚称
  If you say that someonemaintains thatsomething is true, you mean that they have stated their opinion strongly but not everyone agrees with them or believes them.
  1. 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。
  2. Prosecutors maintain no deal was made...
     原告坚持说不存在任何交易。
  3. 'Not all feminism has to be like this,' Jo maintains...
     “女性主义不必全然如此，”乔断言。
  4. He had always maintained his innocence.
     他始终坚称自己是无辜的。
• VERB 保持，维持（在某一比率或水平上）
  If youmaintainsomethingata particular rate or level, you keep it at that rate or level.
  1. The government was right to maintain interest rates at a high level.
     政府维持高利率的做法是正确的。
  2. ...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。
• VERB 维修;保养
  If youmaintaina road, building, vehicle, or machine, you keep it in good condition by regularly checking it and repairing it when necessary.
  1. ...a tough campaign to force authorities to maintain roads properly...
     迫使当局妥善维修道路的艰难斗争
  2. The house costs a fortune to maintain...
     维修这幢房子花销不菲。
  3. The cars are getting older and less well-maintained.
     车越来越旧，保养得也越来越差。
• VERB 供养;赡养
  If youmaintainsomeone, you provide them with money and other things that they need.
  1. He should pay and maintain you as well.
     他得给你钱，还得供养你。
  2. ...the basic costs of maintaining a child.
     抚养一个孩子的基本费用

英英释义

adj

• kept in good condition
  Synonym:kept up(p)well-kept
• continued in your keeping or use or memory
  1. in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered
  Synonym:retained

双语例句

• The panel says the ground rules for the current talks should be maintained.
  专家组称目前会谈的基本原则应该保持不变。
• The company has maintained its reputation as the developing ground for new techniques
  该公司一直享有新技术研发基地的美誉。
• Mr Matthews maintained that he had done nothing improper.
  马修斯先生坚称他没有做过非法的事情。
• Some officials claimed to unhook connections with the companies but still maintained close ties on the sly.
  某些干部口称已跟公司脱钩，可暗中仍然保持联系。
• The married women of Shitamachi maintained the custom of blackening their teeth
  下町的已婚女性还保留着把牙齿涂黑的习俗。
• Crowley maintained a stream of invective and abuse against Waite.
  克劳利连珠炮似的对韦特骂个不停。
• He had always maintained his innocence.
  他始终坚称自己是无辜的。
• The diet should be maintained unchanged for about a year
  这样的饮食应保持约一年不变。
• If the machinery were not maintained properly, It would get rusty as time passes.
  机器要不好好养护，久而久之就要生锈。
• She has maintained that the General had foreknowledge of the plot.
  她坚称将军已经预先知晓了这个阴谋。