一、详细释义:
v.
[maintain sth (with sth)] 保持或维持某事物 [T]
例句:
I maintain friendly relations with my neighbours.
我和邻居保持友好关系。
例句:
Politicians pride themselves on their ability to maintain contact with the thinking of their constituents.
政客们以能够与选民的想法保持接触而自豪。
在财务上支持(某人),赡养,扶养 [T]
例句:
Children's duty to maintain their parents shall not terminate with the change in their parents‘ matrimonial relationship.
子女对父母的赡养义务,不因父母的婚姻关系变化而终止。
例句:
Tom has to maintain his family.
汤姆必须赡养他的家庭。
保养,维修(某物)[T]
例句:
They also help us to maintain the machinery.
他们还帮助我们维修机器。
例句:
The house costs a fortune to maintain.
维修这幢房子花销不菲。
断言(某事)属实,坚持 [T]
例句:
If my life depended on it, I would maintain my opinion.
若这有关我的生命,我会坚持我的意见。
例句:
Quite a numBer of young people maintain that money is a passport to happiness.
相当一部分年轻人坚持认为金钱是获得幸福的保证。
二、词义辨析:
assert,affirm,allege,maintain,testify,claim
这些动词均含有“断言,声称”之意。assert主观意味强,指自认为某事就是如此,而不管事实如何。affirm侧重在作出断言时表现出的坚定与不可动摇的态度。allege多指无真凭实据,不提供证据的断言或宣称。maintain与assert近义,但前者指坚决维护某种主张或观点。testify多指在法庭作证,庄严地宣称自己所说属实。claim可与assert换用,但语气弱一些,侧重指行为自己的权利提出要求他人承认。
三、词义辨析:
maintain,conserve,preserve,save,store
这些动词均有“保存,储藏”之意。maintain指保持原样,不增不减conserve较正式用词,指小心地使用难以补充的资源或贵重物,免遭浪费或毁坏,以备不时之需。preserve侧重将物品完好无损地保存下来。save普通用词,指尽量少用,以争取数量上有所增加。store普通用词,指将物品存放,以备将来使用。
四、参考例句:
Maintain a healthy weight.
保持健康的体重。
to maintain long-term stability
长治久安
We must maintain a firm attitude.
我们必须采取坚定的态度。
We maintain cordial relations with our neighbors.
我们与邻里保持亲切友好的关系。
Police were sent for to maintain order.
警察被派来维持秩序。
John mccain would maintain the existing policy.
约翰麦凯恩仍会保持现行的政策。