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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++main·tain /meɪnˈteɪn, mən-/ ●●● S2 W1 AWL verb [transitive] 1 make STH continue 使某事继续CONTINUE/NOT STOP to make something continue in the same way or at the same standard as before 保持,维持 Careers Officers maintain contact with young people when they have left school. 年轻人离开学校以后，职业指导员和他们保持联系。 Britain wants to maintain its position as a world power. 英国想保持其世界强国的地位。 A lot depends on building and maintaining a good relationship with your customers. 和顾客建立并保持良好关系很重要，很多事情要取决于此。 The hotel prides itself on maintaining high standards. 这家酒店以保持高标准而自豪。 How can we maintain control of spending? 我们如何保持对开支的控制？2 level/rate 水平/速度CONTINUE/NOT STOP to make a level or rate of activity, movement etc stay the same 保持 It is important to maintain a constant temperature inside the greenhouse. 温室内保持恒温很重要。 This is the most efficient way to build up and maintain a reasonable level of physical fitness. 要让身体达到一定的健康水平并保持下去，这是最有效的办法。3 say 说SAY/STATE to strongly express your belief that something is true 坚持认为，坚持说 SYN claimmaintain (that) Critics maintain that these reforms will lead to a decline in educational standards. 批评者坚称这些改革会导致教育标准下降。maintain your innocence (=say that you did not commit a crime) 坚持说自己是无辜的 He maintained his innocence and said the allegations were ‘ridiculous’. 他坚持说自己是无辜的，称这些指控很“荒谬”。4 look after STH 照料某物LOOK AFTER something to keep a machine, building etc in good condition by checking and repairing it regularly 维护，保养〔机器、建筑物等〕 The report found that safety equipment had been very poorly maintained. 报告说安全设备保养得很差。 The company is responsible for maintaining public telephone boxes. 这家公司负责维护公共电话亭。5 provide money/food 提供钱/食物PAY FOR to provide someone with the things they need, such as money or food 供养，扶养，赡养 SYN provide for How can you maintain a family on $900 a month? 每月900美元怎么能维持一家人的生活？→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
maintain• Once learned, values must be maintained.• Cox said he and his wife, Chrissy, were "trying to just maintain."• Air France has maintained a high level of service for many years.• It's hard to do this job and still maintain a marriage.• Dieters should try to reach and maintain a reasonable weight.• Simple mechanical devices were placed in the test room to maintain an accurate record of output.• King lives in Chicago but maintains an apartment in New York.• It is surely a question of maintaining an appropriate balance, and is not something that can be taken for granted.• Barges of Lee's fleet were always well maintained and were never over-loaded.• Volkswagen has maintained close business ties with them for over 20 years.• His first job was installing and maintaining computers.• It is best if divorced parents can maintain friendly relations for the sake of the children.• We want to maintain our sense of status.• They're finding it difficult to maintain such high interest rates.• This is cheaper than pure goose down but like all down bags maintains superb loft capacity.• My mother always maintains that I learned to talk at six months.• Residents work in the downstairs shop, and also help to maintain the building.• An attempt was being made to maintain the grounds, but weeds were starting to grow in the driveway.• Ball maintains the prerequisite glum visage, but he's clearly happy standing behind his bank of electronic equipment.• His role is to maintain the society's fleet of vans, ready to respond in any emergency.• Throughout this history the two sides have maintained two distinct takes on hacking.• Our main wish is to help maintain world peace.• The authors of "Superdiet' maintain you can lose pounds without eating less.maintain your innocence• He is pleasant, quite soft-spoken and a personable gentleman who maintains his innocence.• Both men maintain their innocence and are fighting extradition.• It will be said that children should maintain their innocence and should be protected from such distressing subjects as bereavement.• The four have maintained their innocence of the charges.From Longman Business Dictionarymaintainmain‧tain /meɪnˈteɪn, mən-/ verb [transitive]1to make something continue in the same way or at the same high standard as beforeIt is impossible to maintain exports at past levels.To maintain sales growth, the company plans to unveil a new line of bicycles.2to keep something such as a building or machine in good condition by taking care of itThey maintain the computer and telephone equipment in the building.3to provide someone with money, food, and the other things they needthe ever-increasing cost of maintaining children→ See Verb tableOrigin maintain (1200-1300) Old French maintenir, from Latin manu tenere “to hold in the hand”main·tain verbChineseSyllable
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main‧tain S2 W1 AC /meɪnˈteɪn, mən-/
verb [transitive]
Careers Officers maintain contact with young people when they have left school.
Britain wants to maintain its position as a world power.
A lot depends on building and maintaining a good relationship with your customers.
The hotel prides itself on maintaining high standards.
How can we maintain control of spending?
2. LEVEL/RATE to make a level or rate of activity, movement etc stay the same:
It is important to maintain a constant temperature inside the greenhouse.
This is the most efficient way to build up and maintain a reasonable level of physical fitness.
3. SAY to strongly express your belief that something is true
SYN claim
maintain (that)
Critics maintain that these reforms will lead to a decline in educational standards.
maintain your innocence (=say that you did not commit a crime)
He maintained his innocence and said the allegations were ‘ridiculous’.
4. LOOK AFTER SOMETHING to keep a machine, building etc in good condition by checking and repairing it regularly:
The report found that safety equipment had been very poorly maintained.
The company is responsible for maintaining public telephone boxes.
5. PROVIDE MONEY/FOOD to provide someone with the things they need, such as money or food
SYN provide for:
How can you maintain a family on $900 a month?
▪ claim to say that something is true, even though it has not been proved: He claims that he didn’t see anything. | She claims to be a descendant of Charles Dickens.
▪allege to claim that someone did something wrong or illegal, although you do not give any proof: It is alleged that he murdered his wife. | Patients allege that the two firms failed to warn doctors about the dangers of taking the drugs over a long period.
▪maintain to repeatedly say that something is true, especially when other people do not believe you: He continued to maintain his innocence, even after he was sent to prison. | My mother always maintains that I learned to talk at six months.
▪insist to say very firmly that something is true: She insists that Tom was there, although he denies it. | Turkey insists that there is more than enough water in the two rivers for all three countries.
▪assert formal to state that something is true – used especially in formal writing when reporting someone’s opinion: They assert that children work better on their own. | The Environment Minister asserted that one third of the country’s cities had major pollution problems.
▪contend formal to claim that something is true, especially when other people disagree with you: Lawyers contend that his back problems were due to an existing injury, not the accident. | It is possible, as Kennedy contends, that her medical condition is caused by her work.
main‧tain S2 W1 AC /meɪnˈteɪn, mən-/
verb [transitive] Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old French
Origin: maintenir, from Latin manu tenere 'to hold in the hand'
1. MAKE SOMETHING CONTINUE to make something continue in the same way or at the same standard as before:Language: Old French
Origin: maintenir, from Latin manu tenere 'to hold in the hand'
2. LEVEL/RATE to make a level or rate of activity, movement etc stay the same:
3. SAY to strongly express your belief that something is true
SYN claim
maintain (that)
maintain your innocence (=say that you did not commit a crime)
4. LOOK AFTER SOMETHING to keep a machine, building etc in good condition by checking and repairing it regularly:
5. PROVIDE MONEY/FOOD to provide someone with the things they need, such as money or food
SYN provide for:
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Verbs for reporting an opinion 陈述观点的动词
◆ Some critics argue that Picasso remained a great master all his life.一些评论家认为毕加索毕生都是一位大师。 ◆ Others maintain that there is a significant deterioration in quality in his post-war work.其他人坚称他战后的作品质量明显下降。 ◆ Picasso himself claimed that good art is created, but great art is stolen.毕加索自己声称，好的艺术是创造出来的，伟大的艺术却是偷来的。 ◆ As Smithhas noted , Picasso borrowed imagery from African art.正如史密斯所述，毕加索借用了非洲艺术的意象。 ◆ As the authorpoints out , Picasso borrowed imagery from African art.正如作者指出的那样，毕加索借用了非洲艺术的意象。 ◆ The writer challenges the notion that Picasso's sculpture was secondary to his painting.作者对这种观点表示质疑，即毕加索的雕塑不及他的绘画。 ◆ It has been suggested that Picasso's painting was influenced by jazz music.据说毕加索的绘画受到爵士乐的影响。