retain

释义

vt.保持; 留在心中，记住; 雇用; 付定金保留

大小写变形: RETAIN

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 ;

实用场景例句

The interior of the shop still retains a unique atmosphere reminiscent of the 19th century.

这家店铺的内部仍然保留着一种独特的19世纪氛围。

金山词霸

His unwavering respect for the profession continues to retain its intensity.

他对这份职业的坚定敬意依然保持着原有的强烈程度。

金山词霸

He decided to retain him as the legal counsel during the trial proceedings.

他决定在审判过程中继续聘用他作为法律顾问。

金山词霸

The book retains much of its initial appeal.

这本书保留了许多最初的吸引力。

金山词霸

She retained her academic scholarship for the second consecutive year.

她连续第二年保住了她的学术奖学金。

金山词霸

The company decided to retain all the original documents for future reference.

公司决定保留所有原始文件以备将来参考。

金山词霸

The lawyer requires a retain fee before accepting the case.

律师在接受案件前要求预付辩护费。

金山词霸

to retain the rights to a property

保留一处房产的权利

金山词霸

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.

期刊摘选

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.

期刊摘选

It will retain the overall configuration of previous models.

它将保留之前那些模型的整体结构.

期刊摘选

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.

期刊摘选

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.

期刊摘选

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

就我个人而言，虽然我并不总是如此，但我保留感到痛苦的权利。

期刊摘选

真题例句

Apartments will retain their appeal for a while for Millennials, haunted by what happened to home-owning parents.

出自-2017年6月阅读原文

Recently I attended several meetings where we talked about ways to retain students and keep younger faculty members from going elsewhere.

出自-2016年12月阅读原文

But inside, special windows cut power bills by blocking solar heat in summer and retaining indoor warmth in winter.

出自-2013年6月阅读原文

Apartments will retain their appeal for a while for millennials, haunted by what happened to home-owning parents.

2017年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

Their babies retain the ability to produce their own chlorophyll, though they can't generate energy from sunlight until they've eaten enough algae to steal the necessary genes, which they can't yet produce on their own.

2019年12月四级真题（第三套）阅读 Section C

More than a decade ago, cognitive scientists John Bransford and Daniel Schwartz, both then at Vanderbilt University, found that what distinguished young adults from children was not the ability to retain facts or apply prior knowledge to a new situation but a quality they called preparation for future learning.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

But numerous studies have now found that when classroom material is made harder to absorb, pupils retain more of it over the long term, and understand it on a deeper level.

出自-2013年12月阅读原文

More than a decade ago, cognitive scientists John Bransford and Daniel Schwartz, both then at Vanderbilt University, found that what distinguished young adults from children was not the ability to retain facts or apply prior knowledge to a new situation b

2015年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

The scientists are breeding successive generations to arrive at varieties that incorporate salt tolerance but retain about 97 percent of the European rice genome.

2018年6月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section C

Yet once they start growing, such plants seem not to retain the ability to hit the pause button on metabolism in their stems or leaves.

2018年6月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section B

Half a century of town and country planning has enabled it to retain an enviable rural coherence, while still permitting low-density urban living.

出自-2016年考研阅读原文

The Labour party has recently announced that it will retain a large part of the coalition's spending plans if it returns to power.

2014年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

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"