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retain单词基本解析：

vt.保持; 留在心中，记住; 雇用; 付定金保留
vt.保持, 保留, 记住, 聘请
vt.保持；留在心中，记住；雇用；付定金保留

retain变化用词：

第三人称单数:retains;过去式:retained;过去分词:retained;现在分词:retaining;
形容词: retainable | 名词: retainability | 动词过去式: retained | 动词过去分词: retained | 动词现在分词: retaining | 动词第三人称单数: retains |
过去式：retained过去分词：retained现在分词：retaining第三人称单数：retains

retain英英释义：

Verb

1. hold within;

"This soil retains water"

"I retain this drug for a long time"

2. allow to remain in a place or position;

"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"

3. secure and keep for possible future use or application;

"The landlord retained the security deposit"

"I reserve the right to disagree"

4. keep in one's mind;

"I cannot retain so much information"

动词 retain:

hold within

allow to remain in a place or position

同义词：continue, keep, keep on, keep going

secure and keep for possible future use or application

同义词：hold, keep back, hold back

keep in one's mindretain[ ri'tein ]v.hold within

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

allow to remain in a place or position

"She retains a lawyer"

同义词：continuekeepkeep onkeep going

secure and keep for possible future use or application

"The landlord retained the security deposit"

同义词：holdkeep backhold back

keep in one's mind

"I cannot retain so much information"

retain中文词源：

retain用法和例句：

to retain your independence

保持独立

He struggled to retain control of the situation.

他曾努力保持对局势的控制。

The house retains much of its original charm.

这所房子保留了许多原有的魅力。

She retained her tennis title for the third year.

她第三年保住了网球冠军的头衔。

a soil that retains moisture

保持水分的土壤

This information is no longer retained within the computer's main memory.

这样的数据不再保留在计算机的主存储器中。

(figurative)She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain facts.

她记忆力好，很容易记住事情。

a retaining fee

给所委托律师的预付辩护费

to retain the services of a lawyer

聘定律师

The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere...

这家商店的内部装修仍然保留着19世纪的风格。

He retains a deep respect for the profession...

他对这个职业仍然深怀敬意。

He decided to retain him for the trial.

他决定聘请他为出庭律师。

Thus owners can end up suffering dilution just to retain those who turn up every week.

因此到最后,所有者为了挽留那些每周才露一次面的人,只好忍受稀释之痛.

Some of are enthusiastic at some time and other retain for a day or a week.

一些人时不时有点热情,少数人能够维持一天至一周的热情.

It will retain the overall configuration of previous models.

它将保留之前那些模型的整体结构.

This jug must have a crack somewhere because it doesn't retain water.

这个大杯子漏水,一定是哪里有裂缝.

To retain freshness after initially opening the bottle, keep refrigerated and preferably use within 100 days.

首次开封后为保证鲜度, 请放于冰箱冷藏,100天内服用完.

Personally, though I am not always, I retain the right to be miserable.

如果你看见我高兴, 那么我一定是因为你而在高兴.

I will retain my right.

我将保留我的权力.

U.S. Federal Reserve will retain several of the largest banking holding company supervision.

美联储将保留对数家最大型银行业控股公司的监管权.

If you want to retain youthful vigor, you have to take regular exercise.

如果你想保持青春活力, 你就得经常锻炼.

Yet it is a great comfort to us that we still retain friendship and mutual understanding.

幸友谊犹存,两心相通.

In the United States most married women do not retain their maiden name.

在美国大部分结过婚的女人不会保留她们的娘家姓.

retain

Some of us are enthusiastic at some time and other retain for a day or a week.

一些人时不时有点热情，少数人能够维持一天至一周的热情。

Some types of solid-state memory can retain data with little or no power.

一些内存也可以在没有电源的情况下保留数据。

How does an aging politician retain his hold on the loyalty of the voters?

一位成熟的老政治家如何保持对选民的控制，使他们投他的票呢？

One hectare of pine forest can retain 36.4 tons of dust annually.

一公顷松林一年可吸滞灰尘约36.4吨。

A device, or part of a device, that can retain data.

一种可以保存数据的设备或设备中的一部分。

One tusk ----retain good throw away bad.

一齿----保有良好的，远离坏的。

The champion turned in a superb performance to retain her title.

上届冠军表现十分出色，卫冕成功。

Players will be able to retain their current honor points.

不,玩家将能够保存他们当前的荣誉点。

A plant with flowers that retain their color when dried.

不凋花花干后颜色不变的植物

Not give or sell sth. To sb else; keep or retain sth.

不把某物给予或授予他人;保留或保有某物。

But the group appeared to retain some support among Gaza residents.

不过这个集团似乎还保有一些加沙居民的支持。

The riches we impart are the only wealth we shall always retain.

与他人分享的财富，是唯一留得住的财富。

You must keep in with your customers, retain their goodwill.

与某人保持友谊。

Concentrated study will help you to retain knowledge.

专心学习有助于你记住知识。

The function or procedure designed to retain information in one storage device after transferring it to another device.

为把信息从一个存储设备传送到另一个存储设备之后信息仍保留在原存储设备上而设计的功能或过程。

To attract, motivate and retain the best people, we must.

为能吸引、励和留住世界上最好的人才，我们必须。

And then the drink got her and she cou1dn' t retain.

之后，她喝上了酒，从此再也不能记事。

Passengers should retain their train tickets for inspection.

乘客应该留着火车票以备查验。

His individual units retain a strong sense of personality.

人类的个体保持强烈的个性意识。

They are fighting to retain their independence.

他们在为维护他们的独立而战斗。

They built a dam along the seashore to retain the seawater.

他们沿海岸筑起一道堤坝以拦住海水。

They built a wall round the shore of the lake to retain the water.

他们沿着湖边筑起一道堤来挡水。

They seek to attract, retain and develop other people to their full abilities.

他们设法吸引大家，留住他们，使他们充分发挥才能。

They strive to retain access to the resources that make company tick.

他们设法获取公司赖以运转的资源。

He finds it difficult to retain information.

他发现很难记事。

His ability to endure such hard conditions and retain his sanity was little short of a miracle.

他忍受这种艰苦条件和保持头脑清醒的能力真是一个奇迹。

He drove the idea in somehow, and hoped that his pupils would retain it.

他总算把这个概念硬灌了进去，并希望学生们记住它。

The best he can do seems to try to retain an optimism with wishful thinking.

他所能做的只是保持一种充满希望的乐观主义。

He struggled to retain control of the situation.

他曾努力保持对局势的控制。

He was particularly anxious to retain Boisson in control of French West Africa.

他特别关怀要波亚松留任法国的西非的统治者。

He sacrificed his outstanding career to retain his dignity.

他牺牲杰出的事业以维持他的尊严。

His speech could not retain the interest of his audience.

他的讲话不能保持住听众的兴趣。

He has managed to retain most of his fortune.

他设法保存了他的大部分财产。

No entity may retain or misappropriate thecommissions for licenses.

任何单位不得截留或挪用许可证手续费。

Any dental cement can be used to retain a crown on a permanent abutment.

任何牙科所使用的粘固剂都可以来黏住齿冠于永久支台上。

Yineng Jing also said it would retain the legal right to accountability.

伊能静还表示将保留进行法律责任追究的权利。

Do you retain the custom of saying grace?

伯伯保持饭前饭後作祷告的习惯吗？

But gloomy data should retain the power to unnerve.

但惨淡的经济数据应仍有震慑力。

I, however, retain the right to overrule any choices that you make.

但是，我仍有权推翻你所做的任何决定。

To retain his pride as Sorceress'Knight, he is determined to win.

作为魔女的骑士要保持自已的尊严,他决心要取得胜利。

Do you retain any connections to your Sleeper life?

你和你的沉睡者生活还有联系吗?

You must retain your school reports.

你必须将学习成绩单保存好。

Your biggest challenge is that you tend to retain water.

你最头疼的问题是缺水。

Can you retain these distinctions?

你能记住这些区别吗?

Do you retain the custom [tradition, habit] of saying grace?

你还保持饭前饭后作祷告的习惯吗?

It lubricates the skin to help it retain its natural elasticity and moisture.

使皮肤润滑帮助它保留其自然的弹性和潮湿。

Retain the Telefiling Record Sheet for record purpose.

保存电话报税纪录表作纪录用途。

Help skin retain water and elasticity, make skin younger and strengthen bones.

保持肌肤水分和弹性、延缓皮肤衰老、强化骨骼。

Retain a copy of the coupon and invoice or receipt for your files.

保留一个副本，优惠券和发票或收据为您的文件.

Retain the red door? Eat humble pie and paint it over?

保留它，还是换另一种颜色?

Retain file formats with no data loss.

保留文件格式，没有数据丢失。

A dyke was built to retain the floods.

修了一道堤坝挡住洪水。

It is an interesting question how far men will retain their relative rank if they were divest of their clothes.

假使剥去了人们的衣服的话，到底彼此的阶级能够维持到什么程度，倒是一则有趣的问题。

The simplest explanation is that Mr Putin wants to retain power.

其实最简单的解释就是普京想留住权力。

The farmers have built a dyke to retain the water.

农民们修建了一座蓄水大堤。

To retain an impression after being indented. Used of the skin.

凹陷被刻凹痕后保持印记。用于皮肤

Function retain the leading space.

函数转换的正数保留前导空格。

Focus Media would retain a rump ad business.

分众传媒将保持一小部分广告业务。

What it can do: help skin retain water.

功效：利于皮肤保持水份。

How long can a spin current retain its polarization in a semiconductor?

半导体内自旋电流的偏极化能维持多久?

How do Truck Manufacturers Retain Your Customers?

卡车企业:如何留住你的用户?

Printers how to Retain Talents?

印刷企业如何才能留住人才?

Dicotyledonous plants retain a series of strands.

双子叶植物中保留着一系列的束。

Both parties should sign each copy,and each party should retain a copy.

双方各持一份，每一份都应由双方共同签字。

She just can't retain any new information.

只是大脑不能留住新的信息了。

Only 15 per cent retain some bad habits.

只有百分之十五，尚有些不良习惯。

It is sufficient to retain only the first two digits.

只需取头两位数字就够了。

And Taiwan is different from Hong Kong, it may also retain its army.

台湾跟香港不同，还可以保留军队。

To absorb or adsorb and retain(a substance).

吸留吸收或保藏（物质）

Skin with abundant hydro can retain moisture and vivid appearance.

喝饱水的肌肤，才能保持水润柔亮，神采飞扬。

The cloisters still retain something of the quiet and seclusion of former days.

回廊一带依然保留有几分当年的幽静出世之慨。

Therefore, no spirit would wish to retain the same body forever!

因此，没有灵体会希望永远保持同一个身体！

They retain their shape, are colourfast and are free of crazes.

国际知名及国内闻名的配套装置保证了设备的可靠性。

In the united state most marry women do not retain their maiden name.

在美国大部分结过婚的女人不会保留她们的娘家姓。

Amid the attention, Martin managed to retain some privacy.

在这种万人瞩目的情况下，马丁还是设法享有一些清静。

The dam can retain floodwaters and keep the town safe.

大坝可以挡住洪水，保证镇子的安全。

Big objects retain heat better than small objects do.

大物体比小物体更能保存热。

She is determined to retain her Wimbledon crown.

她决心卫冕她的温布尔登网球赛的冠军宝座。

She tried to retain her self-control.

她力图保持自我克制。

She could retain only the haziest remembrance of what took place.

她只能依稀记得所发生的事情。

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。

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