maintain

1. V-T If you maintain something, you continue to have it, and do not let it stop or grow weaker. 保持

After the divorce, their father still maintained close contact with the boys. 離婚后，他們的父親仍和兒子們保持著密切聯(lián)系。

2. V-T If you say that someone maintains that something is true, you mean that they have stated their opinion strongly but not everyone agrees with them or believes them. 堅(jiān)持說; 堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為

He has maintained that the money was donated for international purposes. 他堅(jiān)持說這筆錢是出于國(guó)際目的而捐助的。

"Not all feminism has to be like this," Jo maintains. 喬堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為，“并非所有的女權(quán)運(yùn)動(dòng)都得像這樣。”

3. V-T If you maintain something at a particular rate or level, you keep it at that rate or level. 維持

The government was right to maintain interest rates at a high level. 該政府將利率維持在一個(gè)高的層面是正確的。

4. V-T If you maintain a road, building, vehicle, or machine, you keep it in good condition by regularly checking it and repairing it when necessary. 維修; 保養(yǎng)

The house costs a fortune to maintain. 維修這房子花費(fèi)巨大。

5. V-T If you maintain someone, you provide them with money and other things that they need. 供養(yǎng)

...the basic costs of maintaining a child. …供養(yǎng)一個(gè)孩子的基本費(fèi)用。