一、詳細(xì)釋義:


v.

[maintain sth (with sth)] 保持或維持某事物 [T]


例句:

I maintain friendly relations with my neighbours.

我和鄰居保持友好關(guān)系。


例句:

Politicians pride themselves on their ability to maintain contact with the thinking of their constituents.

政客們以能夠與選民的想法保持接觸而自豪。


在財(cái)務(wù)上支持(某人),贍養(yǎng),扶養(yǎng) [T]


例句:

Children's duty to maintain their parents shall not terminate with the change in their parents‘ matrimonial relationship.

子女對父母的贍養(yǎng)義務(wù),不因父母的婚姻關(guān)系變化而終止。


例句:

Tom has to maintain his family.

湯姆必須贍養(yǎng)他的家庭。


保養(yǎng),維修(某物)[T]


例句:

They also help us to maintain the machinery.

他們還幫助我們維修機(jī)器。


例句:

The house costs a fortune to maintain.

維修這幢房子花銷不菲。


斷言(某事)屬實(shí),堅(jiān)持 [T]


例句:

If my life depended on it, I would maintain my opinion.

若這有關(guān)我的生命,我會(huì)堅(jiān)持我的意見。


例句:

Quite a numBer of young people maintain that money is a passport to happiness.

相當(dāng)一部分年輕人堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為金錢是獲得幸福的保證。


二、詞義辨析:


assert,affirm,allege,maintain,testify,claim

這些動(dòng)詞均含有“斷言,聲稱”之意。 assert主觀意味強(qiáng),指自認(rèn)為某事就是如此,而不管事實(shí)如何。 affirm側(cè)重在作出斷言時(shí)表現(xiàn)出的堅(jiān)定與不可動(dòng)搖的態(tài)度。 allege多指無真憑實(shí)據(jù),不提供證據(jù)的斷言或宣稱。 maintain與assert近義,但前者指堅(jiān)決維護(hù)某種主張或觀點(diǎn)。 testify多指在法庭作證,莊嚴(yán)地宣稱自己所說屬實(shí)。 claim可與assert換用,但語氣弱一些,側(cè)重指行為自己的權(quán)利提出要求他人承認(rèn)。


三、詞義辨析:


maintain,conserve,preserve,save,store

這些動(dòng)詞均有“保存,儲藏”之意。 maintain指保持原樣,不增不減 conserve較正式用詞,指小心地使用難以補(bǔ)充的資源或貴重物,免遭浪費(fèi)或毀壞,以備不時(shí)之需。 preserve側(cè)重將物品完好無損地保存下來。 save普通用詞,指盡量少用,以爭取數(shù)量上有所增加。 store普通用詞,指將物品存放,以備將來使用。


四、參考例句:


Maintain a healthy weight.

保持健康的體重。


to maintain long-term stability

長治久安


We must maintain a firm attitude.

我們必須采取堅(jiān)定的態(tài)度。


We maintain?cordial?relations with our neighbors.

我們與鄰里保持親切友好的關(guān)系。


Police were sent for to maintain order.

警察被派來維持秩序。


John mccain would maintain the existing policy.

約翰麥凱恩仍會(huì)保持現(xiàn)行的政策。


We must maintain friendly relations with them.

我們必須和他們保持友好關(guān)系。


Tom has to maintain his family.

湯姆必須贍養(yǎng)他的家庭。


They were determined to maintain their rights.

他們決心維護(hù)他們的權(quán)利。


I maintain friendly relations with my neighbours.

我和鄰居保持友好關(guān)系。