maintain用法

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maintain用法

(maintain的过去式: maintained; maintain的过去完成式: maintained; maintain的现在进行式: maintaining)

maintain作为及物动词v.t.的用法

To support or bear the expense of; sustain, as a family.

赡养；负担费用；维持(家计)。

例句：

He is too poor to maintain his family.

他太穷而无法维持家计。

To keep possession of.

保持；保有。

例句：

The candidate maintained his position despite stinging criticism.

该候选人不顾辛酸的批评而能坚守立场。

To affirm and defend by argument, as a claim.

坚持；辩护。

例句：

Each drive maintained that the accident was the other's fault.

两个驾驶员都坚持这车祸是对方的错。

To keep in an existing state (as of repair, efficiency, or validity); preserve from failure or decline.

维护；保养。

To continue in or with; keep up, as a war.

继续；持续(如战争)。

例句：

The two classmates maintained their friendship for the next forty years.

这两个同班同学后来由维持他们的友谊达四十年之久。

短语：

maintain oneself

自立生活。

maintain的相关词：adj. maintainable. n. maintainer.

maintain的同义词：Claim, allege, uphold, assert.

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