retain怎么读
音标：英 [rɪ'teɪn]
美[rɪ'ten]
retain是什么意思
- vt. 保持；雇；记住
retain的词态变化
第三人称单数: retains;过去式: retained;过去分词: retained;现在分词: retaining;
助记提示
1. re- "back" + -tain.
2. => hold back, keep back.
3. => continue keeping, keep possession of, keep in the mind.
4. => keep (another) attached to one's person, keep in service.
2. => hold back, keep back.
3. => continue keeping, keep possession of, keep in the mind.
4. => keep (another) attached to one's person, keep in service.
中文词源
retain 保留，保持
re-,向后，往回，-tain,保持，词源同 contain,tenure.
英文词源
- retain (v.)
- late 14c., "hold back, restrain;" c. 1400, "continue keeping, keep possession of," from Old French retenir "keep, retain; take into feudal service; hold back; remember" (12c.), from Latin retinere "hold back, keep back, detain, restrain," from re- "back" (see re-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "keep (another) attached to one's person, keep in service" is from mid-15c.; specifically of lawyers from 1540s. Meaning "keep in the mind" is from c. 1500. Related: Retained; retaining.
retain的双语例句
- 1. Daily facial exercises help her to retain the skin's elasticity.
- 每天做面部运动帮助她保持皮肤弹性。
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- 2. Disney will retain a 51 percent controlling interest in the venture.
- 迪斯尼将保留该项目51%的控股权。
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- 3. Vegetables should retain some firmness and should not be soggy and waterlogged.
- 蔬菜应保持一定的硬挺度，不应潮乎乎的浸透了水。
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- 4. He decided to retain him for the trial.
- 他决定聘请他为出庭律师。
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- 5. He is likely to retain the England captaincy.
- 他有望继续担任英格兰队队长。
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