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retain
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音标：英 [rɪ'teɪn] 美 [rɪ'ten]
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解释：
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vt. 保持；雇；记住
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助记提示：
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1. re- "back" + -tain.
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2. => hold back, keep back.
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3. => continue keeping, keep possession of, keep in the mind.
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4. => keep (another) attached to one's person, keep in service.
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中文词源：
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retain 保留，保持re-,向后，往回，-tain,保持，词源同 contain,tenure.
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英文词源：
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retain (v.)
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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.
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双语例句：
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1. Daily facial exercises help her to retain the skin's elasticity.
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每天做面部运动帮助她保持皮肤弹性。
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来自柯林斯例句
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2. Disney will retain a 51 percent controlling interest in the venture.
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迪斯尼将保留该项目51%的控股权。
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来自柯林斯例句
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3. Vegetables should retain some firmness and should not be soggy and waterlogged.
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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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来自柯林斯例句
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4. He decided to retain him for the trial.
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他决定聘请他为出庭律师。
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来自柯林斯例句
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5. He is likely to retain the England captaincy.
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他有望继续担任英格兰队队长。
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来自柯林斯例句
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更多相关例句：
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to retain your independence
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保持独立【牛津词典】
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He struggled to retain control of the situation.
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他曾努力保持对局势的控制。【牛津词典】
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The house retains much of its original charm.
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这所房子保留了许多原有的魅力。【牛津词典】
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She retained her tennis title for the third year.
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她第三年保住了网球冠军的头衔。【牛津词典】
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a soil that retains moisture
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保持水分的土壤【牛津词典】
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This information is no longer retained within the computer's main memory.
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这样的数据不再保留在计算机的主存储器中。【牛津词典】
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(figurative)She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain facts.
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她记忆力好，很容易记住事情。【牛津词典】
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a retaining fee
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给所委托律师的预付辩护费【牛津词典】
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to retain the services of a lawyer
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聘定律师【牛津词典】
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The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere...
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这家商店的内部装修仍然保留着19世纪的风格。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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He retains a deep respect for the profession...
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他对这个职业仍然深怀敬意。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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He decided to retain him for the trial.
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他决定聘请他为出庭律师。【柯林斯高阶英语词典】
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Thus owners can end up suffering dilution just to retain those who turn up every week.
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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】
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Some of are enthusiastic at some time and other retain for a day or a week.
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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】
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It will retain the overall configuration of previous models.
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它将保留之前那些模型的整体结构.【期刊摘选】
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This jug must have a crack somewhere because it doesn't retain water.
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这个大杯子漏水,一定是哪里有裂缝.【期刊摘选】
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To retain freshness after initially opening the bottle, keep refrigerated and preferably use within 100 days.
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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】
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Personally, though I am not always, I retain the right to be miserable.
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如果你看见我高兴, 那么我一定是因为你而在高兴.【期刊摘选】
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I will retain my right.
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我将保留我的权力.【期刊摘选】
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U.S. Federal Reserve will retain several of the largest banking holding company supervision.
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美联储将保留对数家最大型银行业控股公司的监管权.【期刊摘选】
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If you want to retain youthful vigor, you have to take regular exercise.
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如果你想保持青春活力, 你就得经常锻炼.【期刊摘选】
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Yet it is a great comfort to us that we still retain friendship and mutual understanding.
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幸友谊犹存,两心相通.【期刊摘选】
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In the United States most married women do not retain their maiden name.
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在美国大部分结过婚的女人不会保留她们的娘家姓.【期刊摘选】
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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】
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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】
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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】
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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】
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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】
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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】
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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】
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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】
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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】
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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】
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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】
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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】
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