• vt. 維持；繼續(xù)；維修；主張；供養(yǎng)

來自古法語maintenir,保持，維持，來自拉丁語manu tenere,握在手上，控制，來自manu,手，詞源同manual,tenere,握住，詞源同tenure,contain.引申多種詞義。

maintain

maintain: [13] Etymologically, maintain means ‘hold in the hand’. It comes via Old French maintenir from Vulgar Latin *manūtenēre ‘support’, a compound verb formed from manū, the ablative case of manus ‘hand’, and tenēre ‘hold’. The derivative maintenance [14] comes from Old French.
=> maintenance, manual, tenant

maintain (v.)

mid-13c., "to practice habitually," from Anglo-French meintenir (Old French maintenir, 12c.) "keep (a wife), sustain; persevere in, practice continually," from Latin manu tenere "hold in the hand," from manu, ablative of manus "hand" (see manual) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "to carry on, keep up" is from mid-14c.; that of "to keep oneself, to support" is from late 14c. Sense of "to defend in speech" is from mid-14c. Related: Maintained; maintaining; maintains.

1. In New Zealand, the Maori people maintain a strong cultural tradition.

在新西蘭，毛利人保持著深厚的文化傳統(tǒng)。

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2. The government was right to maintain interest rates at a high level.

政府維持高利率的做法是正確的。

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3. The psychiatrist must learn to maintain an unusual degree of objectivity.

精神科醫(yī)生務(wù)必要學(xué)會保持超乎尋常的客觀態(tài)度。

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4. She could not maintain her balance and moved in a wobbly fashion.

她無法保持平衡，走路顫顫巍巍。

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5. His critics maintain that he's responsible for many of Algeria's ills.

他的批評者們堅持認(rèn)為他應(yīng)該為阿爾及利亞所面臨的許多難題負(fù)責(zé)任。

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