maintain

/meɪnˈteɪn//meɪnˈteɪn/

★★★★★v.

maintains
maintaining
maintained
maintained

vt

① 持续,保持,维持
- They have maintained friendly relations with each other for more than ten years.他们彼此之间保持友好关系达十年以上。
- They failed to maintain law and order.他们未能维持法律与秩序。

② 养护;保养;维修
- maintain the roads养护道路

③ 扶养;供给;赡养
- maintain one's family养家
- maintain oneself自立生活
- His uncle maintained him at university.他的伯父供给他读大学。

④ 支持;拥护
- maintain one's rights维护自己的权利

⑤ 主张;坚持;断言(事实等)
- He maintained his innocence.他坚持他的无辜。
- He maintained that she was innocent.他坚持她是无辜的。
- She maintained the theory to be right.她断言那项理论是正确的。

字辨

support: 指给与某人或主义、运动等援助、声援而加以支持,为意义最广的用语

support a political movement

maintain: 指为了防止他者的侵犯而加以support

maintain the peace

sustain: 为稍正式的用语,指为了防止失败,或更进一步加强,而积极支持

sustain a democratic government

advocate: 指为了说服某人,藉议论而support

advocate tourism

uphold: 暗示所support的事物现在陷于困境或暴露于危险中

uphold civil rights for colored people

back up: 指以精神鼓励或物质援助,来防止崩溃

back up a person in business

词族

maintenancen.维持,维护,保存

短语

maintain one's ground against ...
- ① 对…坚持自己的立场
- We maintained our ground against the enemy.我们坚持自己的立场不向敌人稍作让步;我们坚守阵地,抵抗敌人。

同义词

affirmvt.主张
conservevt.保护
contendvt.辩称
declarevt.宣称
financevt.资助
holdvt.主张
insistvt.坚持
keep upvt.维持
preservevt.保存
provide forvt.供应
sustainvt.保持
take care ofvt.照顾

allege
apologize
argue
assert
asseverate
aver
avouch
avow
claim
defend
justify
keep
retain
say
state
stay with
support
vindicate

exert
observe
uphold
wield

反义词

abandonvt.弃置
concludevt.总结
desertvt.放弃
dropvt.放弃
endvt.结束
finishvt.结束
give upvt.放弃
terminatevt.终结

词汇	maintain
释义	maintain /meɪnˈteɪn//meɪnˈteɪn/ ★★★★★v. maintains maintaining maintained maintained vt ① 持续,保持,维持 They have maintained friendly relations with each other for more than ten years.他们彼此之间保持友好关系达十年以上。 They failed to maintain law and order.他们未能维持法律与秩序。 ② 养护;保养;维修 maintain the roads养护道路 ③ 扶养;供给;赡养 maintain one's family养家 maintain oneself自立生活 His uncle maintained him at university.他的伯父供给他读大学。 ④ 支持;拥护 maintain one's rights维护自己的权利 ⑤ 主张;坚持;断言(事实等) He maintained his innocence.他坚持他的无辜。 He maintained that she was innocent.他坚持她是无辜的。 She maintained the theory to be right.她断言那项理论是正确的。字辨 support: 指给与某人或主义、运动等援助、声援而加以支持,为意义最广的用语 support a political movement maintain: 指为了防止他者的侵犯而加以support maintain the peace sustain: 为稍正式的用语,指为了防止失败,或更进一步加强,而积极支持 sustain a democratic government advocate: 指为了说服某人,藉议论而support advocate tourism uphold: 暗示所support的事物现在陷于困境或暴露于危险中 uphold civil rights for colored people back up: 指以精神鼓励或物质援助,来防止崩溃 back up a person in business 词族 maintenancen.维持,维护,保存短语 maintain one's ground against ... ① 对…坚持自己的立场 We maintained our ground against the enemy.我们坚持自己的立场不向敌人稍作让步;我们坚守阵地,抵抗敌人。同义词 affirmvt.主张 conservevt.保护 contendvt.辩称 declarevt.宣称 financevt.资助 holdvt.主张 insistvt.坚持 keep upvt.维持 preservevt.保存 provide forvt.供应 sustainvt.保持 take care ofvt.照顾 allege apologize argue assert asseverate aver avouch avow claim defend justify keep retain say state stay with support vindicate exert observe uphold wield 反义词 abandonvt.弃置 concludevt.总结 desertvt.放弃 dropvt.放弃 endvt.结束 finishvt.结束 give upvt.放弃 terminatevt.终结
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