retain

vt.保持；保留；记住；聘请 形容词：retainable名词：retainability过去式：retained过去分词：retained现在分词：retaining第三人称单数：retains

retain详解释义

retain双解释义

retain

v.(动词)

保持，保留，保住，留住

挡住，拦住，止住

记住；记事

雇用，聘用

保存；维持

持有，继续拥有

继续容纳，容纳

买回（赛马中被拍卖的获胜马）

继续干

继续使用

v.(动词)

vt. 保持; 保留 keep; continue to have or hold

vt. 挡住 keep in place

Verb

hold back within;

"This soil retains water"
"I retain this drug for a long time"
"the dam retains the water"

allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature;

"We cannot continue several servants any longer"
"She retains a lawyer"
"The family's fortune waned and they could not keep their household staff"
"Our ｇｒａｎｔ has run out and we cannot keep you on"
"We kept the work going as long as we could"
"She retained her composure"
"this garment retains its shape even after many washings"

secure and keep for possible future use or application;

"The landlord retained the security deposit"
"I reserve the right to disagree"

keep in one's mind;

"I cannot retain so much information"

retain词语用法

retain例句

retain搭配

v.(动词)retain作“保留,保存,保持”解时是较为正式的用语,含有不失去的意味,指继续“保持”或“保存”某事物。可用于指保留贵重的物品,老人保持活力,记忆中保持一定的事实等。retain是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。retain还可作“挡住”解。 用作及物动词(vt.)

His speech could not retain the interest of his audience.
他的讲话不能保持住听众的兴趣。

I will retain my right.
我将保留我的权力。

Does it retain the key elements of the original story?
它是否保留了原作的关键要素?

She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain matters.
她记忆力好,很容易记住事情。

He retained the best lawyer in the state to defend his case.
他为他的案子聘了该州最好的律师。

～+名词

retain an appearance of youth
看上去依旧年轻

retain the characteristics of the working people
保持劳动人民的本色

retain one's interest in life
保持着对人生的兴趣

retain the memory of sb
仍记得某人

retain a memory of one's schooldays
仍记得学生时代的情景

副词+～

always retain
一直保持

still retain
仍旧保持

～+副词

retain basely
基本上保留

retain gloriously
光荣地保留

retain indefinitely
不明确地保留

retain invariably
始终如一地保持

retain righteously
正直地保留

retain selfishly
自私地保留

～+介词

retain on〔over〕
对…保持…

retain近义词

keep hold preserve maintain save keep hold of hold on to hang on to recall recollect keep in mind remember employ withhold keep back keep on hold back reserve conserve continue abandon