• 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為他應該為阿爾及利亞所面臨的許多難題負責任。

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