• vt. 维持；继续；维修；主张；供养

来自古法语maintenir,保持，维持，来自拉丁语manu tenere,握在手上，控制，来自manu,手，词源同manual,tenere,握住，词源同tenure,contain.引申多种词义。

maintain

maintain: [13] Etymologically, maintain means ‘hold in the hand’. It comes via Old French maintenir from Vulgar Latin *manūtenēre ‘support’, a compound verb formed from manū, the ablative case of manus ‘hand’, and tenēre ‘hold’. The derivative maintenance [14] comes from Old French.
=> maintenance, manual, tenant

maintain (v.)

mid-13c., "to practice habitually," from Anglo-French meintenir (Old French maintenir, 12c.) "keep (a wife), sustain; persevere in, practice continually," from Latin manu tenere "hold in the hand," from manu, ablative of manus "hand" (see manual) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "to carry on, keep up" is from mid-14c.; that of "to keep oneself, to support" is from late 14c. Sense of "to defend in speech" is from mid-14c. Related: Maintained; maintaining; maintains.

1. In New Zealand, the Maori people maintain a strong cultural tradition.

在新西兰，毛利人保持着深厚的文化传统。

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2. The government was right to maintain interest rates at a high level.

政府维持高利率的做法是正确的。

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3. The psychiatrist must learn to maintain an unusual degree of objectivity.

精神科医生务必要学会保持超乎寻常的客观态度。

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4. She could not maintain her balance and moved in a wobbly fashion.

她无法保持平衡，走路颤颤巍巍。

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5. His critics maintain that he's responsible for many of Algeria's ills.

他的批评者们坚持认为他应该为阿尔及利亚所面临的许多难题负责任。

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