retain的意思是什么

1. 保持，保留，保住，留住
2. 挡住，拦住，止住
3. 记住；记事
4. 雇用，聘用
5. 保存；维持
6. 持有，继续拥有
7. 继续容纳，容纳
8. 买回（赛马中被拍卖的获胜马）
9. 继续干
10. 继续使用

1. hold back within;

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

2. allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature;

   "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"
   "She retained her composure"
   "this garment retains its shape even after many washings"
   

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"
   

1.保留;保持;保存
Toretain something means to continue to have that thing.

e.g. 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。
e.g. He retains a deep respect for the profession...
他对这个职业仍然深怀敬意。

2.预聘，付定金聘请（律师）
If youretain a lawyer, you pay him or her a fee to make sure that he or she will represent you when your case comes before the court.

e.g. He decided toretain him for the trial.
他决定聘请他为出庭律师。

retain on〔upon,over〕 (v.+prep.)

对…保持… keep (sth such as influence) over (sb or sth)
retain sth on〔over〕 sth

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

一个年迈的政客是怎样使选民继续支持他的呢?

His business has been taken over by a big corporation, but he still retains some control over it.

他的商店被一家大公司接管了,但他仍保留部分控制权。

The bank has taken further steps to retain control over the value of the pound.

这家银行已采取进一步措施来保持对英镑购买力的控制。

• retain an appearance of youth看上去依旧年轻
• retain the characteristics of the working people保持劳动人民的本色
• retain one's interest in life保持着对人生的兴趣
• retain the memory of sb仍记得某人
• retain a memory of one's schooldays仍记得学生时代的情景

• always retain一直保持
• still retain仍旧保持

• retain basely基本上保留
• retain gloriously光荣地保留
• retain indefinitely不明确地保留
• retain invariably始终如一地保持
• retain righteously正直地保留
• retain selfishly自私地保留

• retain on〔over〕对…保持…

retain, keep, preserve, reserve

这组词都有“保存”“保留”或“保持”的意思。其区别在于:

1.keep指把某一事物置于自己的权力或管理之下; retain和reserve同义,均指继续“保持”或“保存”某事物, retain是较为正式的用语,还可指记住某事; preserve指把某物“收藏”或“保存”好。

2.retain含有不失去的意味; reserve则强调继续保持而不致失去; preserve强调防止破坏作用,要采取措施使某物完好无损或质量不变。例如:

His business has been taken over by a big corporation, but he still retains some control over it.他的商店被一家大公司接管了,但他仍保留部分控制权。

You'd better reserve your strength for tomorrow's climb.你最好留点力气明天爬山。

Salt preserves food from decay.盐能防止食物腐烂。

keep，retain，reserve，preserve，conserve，withhold

这些动词均有“保持，保存”之意。

keep最常用词，指长时间牢固地保持或保存。

retain指继续保持。

reserve正式用词，指为了将来的用途或其他用途而保存、保留。

preserve主要指为防止损害、变质等而保存。

conserve一般指保存自然资源，保全人的精力、力量等。

withhold指扣住不放，暗示有阻碍。