maintain

🇺🇸 /meɪnˈteɪn/ 🇬🇧 /meɪnˈteɪn/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B2
verb
B2

to keep something the same

You need to maintain a healthy diet to stay well.

你需要維持健康的飲食來保持健康。

B2

to keep something working well by fixing it

It's important to maintain your car so it runs safely.

保養你的汽車很重要,這樣它才能安全行駛。

B2

to provide what someone needs to live

He works hard to maintain his family.

他努力工作來養家糊口。

B2

to keep saying something is true

She continues to maintain that she is right.

她繼續堅稱自己是對的。

translation

v. 保持, 維護, 供養, 堅持

詞形變化

3rd Present maintains
Past maintained
Perfect maintained
Progressive maintaining