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

• They, however, maintained a distance from us.
  然而他们（在思想感情上）与我们仍有距离。
• 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。
• 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。
• The diet should be maintained unchanged for about a year
  这样的饮食应保持约一年不变。
• They have maintained a consistently neutral stance
  他们一直持中立态度。
• 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。
• He had always maintained his innocence.
  他始终坚称自己是无辜的。
• Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.
  机器应该随时注意维护。
• She steadfastly maintained that her grandsons were innocent, and nothing could dissuade her from that belief
  她坚持认为她孙子是无辜的，什么都不能改变她这一看法。
• 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。