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retain
英[rɪ'teɪn] 美[rɪ'teɪn]
单词基本解释
vt.保持;保留;记住聘请

形容词::retainable

名词::retainability

过去式::retained

过去分词::retained

现在分词::retaining

第三人称单数::retains

详尽释义
v.(动词)
  1. 保持,保留,保住,留住
  2. 挡住,拦住,止住
  3. 记住;记事
  4. 雇用,聘用
  5. 保存;维持
  6. 持有,继续拥有
  7. 继续容纳,容纳
  8. 买回(赛马中被拍卖的获胜马)
  9. 继续干
  10. 继续使用
双解释义
v.(动词)
  1. vt. 保持; 保留 keep; continue to have or hold
  2. vt. 挡住 keep in place
英英释义
Verb:
  1. hold back within;

    "This soil retains water"
    "I retain this drug for a long time"
    "the dam retains the water"

  2. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature;

    "We cannot continue several servants any longer"
    "She retains a lawyer"
    "The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"
    "Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on"
    "We kept the work going as long as we could"
    "She retained her composure"
    "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"

  3. secure and keep for possible future use or application;

    "The landlord retained the security deposit"
    "I reserve the right to disagree"

  4. keep in one's mind;

    "I cannot retain so much information"

词典解释

1.保留;保持;保存
Toretain something means to continue to have that thing.

e.g. The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere...
这家商店的内部装修仍然保留着19世纪的风格。
e.g. He retains a deep respect for the profession...
他对这个职业仍然深怀敬意。

2.预聘,付定金聘请(律师)
If youretain a lawyer, you pay him or her a fee to make sure that he or she will represent you when your case comes before the court.

e.g. He decided toretain him for the trial.
他决定聘请他为出庭律师。

网络解释

1. 保留:但是如果你不能使用垃圾收集,你需要释放(release)旧对象,保留(retain)新对象. 事实上有两种方法可以解除一个对象的引用:释放(release)和自动释放(autorelease). 标准的release方法会立刻删除引用. autorelease方法则是尽快的释放引用,

2. 保持:真正的问题在于西方政府继续坚持要求(insist)保持(retain)对全球(global)重大金融机构(institution)的控制,尽管他们正在游离(drift)全球自由贸易体系.

3. 保:另外,Dyer(1988)提出三种人力资源策略的型态:即利诱策略(inducementWhite和Lam(1996)提出人力资源管理导向的观念,认为人力资源管理导向为组织内投入吸引(attract)、确保(retain)、及发展(develop)有才能、有承诺之人力资源的系

4.retain:remote technical assistance and information network; 远程技术援助与信息网络(IBM研制)

5.retain:remote terminal assistance and information network; 远程终端辅助设备与信息网络

例句
常见句型
常用短语
词汇搭配
经典引文
例句
His speech could not retain the interest of his audience.

他的讲话不能保持住听众的兴趣。

I will retain my right.

我将保留我的权力。

Does it retain the key elements of the original story?

它是否保留了原作的关键要素?

She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain matters.

她记忆力好,很容易记住事情。

He retained the best lawyer in the state to defend his case.

他为他的案子聘了该州最好的律师。

to retain your independence

保持独立

He struggled to retain control of the situation.

他曾努力保持对局势的控制。

The house retains much of its original charm.

这所房子保留了许多原有的魅力。

She retained her tennis title for the third year.

她第三年保住了网球冠军的头衔。

a soil that retains moisture

保持水分的土壤

This information is no longer retained within the computer's main memory.

这样的数据不再保留在计算机的主存储器中。

(figurative)She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain facts.

她记忆力好,很容易记住事情。

a retaining fee

给所委托律师的预付辩护费

to retain the services of a lawyer

聘定律师

The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere...

这家商店的内部装修仍然保留着19世纪的风格。

He retains a deep respect for the profession...

他对这个职业仍然深怀敬意。

He decided to retain him for the trial.

他决定聘请他为出庭律师。

Thus owners can end up suffering dilution just to retain those who turn up every week.

因此到最后,所有者为了挽留那些每周才露一次面的人,只好忍受稀释之痛.

Some of are enthusiastic at some time and other retain for a day or a week.

一些人时不时有点热情,少数人能够维持一天至一周的热情.

It will retain the overall configuration of previous models.

它将保留之前那些模型的整体结构.

This jug must have a crack somewhere because it doesn't retain water.

这个大杯子漏水,一定是哪里有裂缝.

To retain freshness after initially opening the bottle, keep refrigerated and preferably use within 100 days.

首次开封后为保证鲜度, 请放于冰箱冷藏,100天内服用完.

Personally, though I am not always, I retain the right to be miserable.

如果你看见我高兴, 那么我一定是因为你而在高兴.

I will retain my right.

我将保留我的权力.

U.S. Federal Reserve will retain several of the largest banking holding company supervision.

美联储将保留对数家最大型银行业控股公司的监管权.

If you want to retain youthful vigor, you have to take regular exercise.

如果你想保持青春活力, 你就得经常锻炼.

Yet it is a great comfort to us that we still retain friendship and mutual understanding.

幸友谊犹存,两心相通.

In the United States most married women do not retain their maiden name.

在美国大部分结过婚的女人不会保留她们的娘家姓.

常见句型
用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. China dishes retain heat than metal ones do.
    瓷盘比金属盘能保温。
  2. She tried to retain her self-control.
    她力图保持自我克制。
  3. We shall retain our rights.
    我们将保留我们的权利。
  4. This village still retains its old world character.
    这个村庄仍然保持着古色古香的特色。
  5. She retains a clear memory of her schooldays.
    她对学生时代的事仍记忆犹新。
  6. He finds it difficult to retain information.
    他发现记住信息很困难。
  7. Her memory retained everything she read.
    她过目不忘。
  8. They built a wall round the shore of the lake to retain the water.
    他们沿着湖边筑起一道堤来挡水。
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  10. The tickets for the cinema must be retained well by a careful person.
    电影票必须让细心人保管好。
常用短语
用作动词(v.)
retain on〔upon,over〕 (v.+prep.)
    对…保持… keep (sth such as influence) over (sb or sth)
    retain sth on〔over〕 sth

    How does an aging politician retain his hold on the loyalty of the voters?

    一个年迈的政客是怎样使选民继续支持他的呢?

    His business has been taken over by a big corporation, but he still retains some control over it.

    他的商店被一家大公司接管了,但他仍保留部分控制权。

    The bank has taken further steps to retain control over the value of the pound.

    这家银行已采取进一步措施来保持对英镑购买力的控制。

经典引文
  • Skin, which alone retained his hand to his arm.

    出自:A. Henry
词语用法
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临近词
词语用法
v.(动词)
  1. retain作“保留,保存,保持”解时是较为正式的用语,含有不失去的意味,指继续“保持”或“保存”某事物。可用于指保留贵重的物品,老人保持活力,记忆中保持一定的事实等。
  2. retain是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。retain还可作“挡住”解。
词义辨析
v.(动词)
retain, keep, preserve, reserve
  • 这组词都有“保存”“保留”或“保持”的意思。其区别在于:
  • 1.keep指把某一事物置于自己的权力或管理之下; retain和reserve同义,均指继续“保持”或“保存”某事物, retain是较为正式的用语,还可指记住某事; preserve指把某物“收藏”或“保存”好。
  • 2.retain含有不失去的意味; reserve则强调继续保持而不致失去; preserve强调防止破坏作用,要采取措施使某物完好无损或质量不变。例如:
  • His business has been taken over by a big corporation, but he still retains some control over it.他的商店被一家大公司接管了,但他仍保留部分控制权。
  • You'd better reserve your strength for tomorrow's climb.你最好留点力气明天爬山。
  • Salt preserves food from decay.盐能防止食物腐烂。
  • keep,retain,reserve,preserve,conserve,withhold
  • 这些动词均有“保持,保存”之意。
  • keep最常用词,指长时间牢固地保持或保存。
  • retain指继续保持。
  • reserve正式用词,指为了将来的用途或其他用途而保存、保留。
  • preserve主要指为防止损害、变质等而保存。
  • conserve一般指保存自然资源,保全人的精力、力量等。
  • withhold指扣住不放,暗示有阻碍。
  • 词源解说
    • ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语,直接源自古法语的retinere:re (向后) + tenere (握),意为阻止,保留。
    考研真题例句
    考研真题例句OG 1.retain

    Each spouseretains whatever property he or she brought into the marriage, and jointly-acquired property is divided equally.

    配偶双方保留他或她带入婚姻的任何财产,共同获得的财产平分。

    2016英语一

    考研真题例句OG 2.retain

    Half a century of town and country planning has enabled it toretain an enviable rural coherence, while still permitting low-density urban living.

    五十年的城乡发展计划使它能够保持令人羡慕的乡村和谐,与此同时还能确保低密度的城市生活。

    2016英语一

    考研真题例句OG 3.retain

    The Labour party has recently announced that it willretain a large part of the coalition's spending plans if it returns to power.

    工党最近宣布,如果重新执政,它将保留大部分联合政府的开支计划。

    2014英语二

    考研真题例句OG 1.retain

    Their engineers wereretained.

    他们的工程师被留用了。

    2021英语二

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