时间：2022-10-05 17:08
maintain的名词形式是maintenance。作名词时的意思有：维护；保养；维持；保持；（依法应负担的）生活费；抚养费。maintain也可以用作动词，意思有：维持；维修；保养；保持；坚持；固执己见。例句：She maintained a dignified silence.她一言不发，以保持尊严。
maintain friendship.维持友谊
maintain law.维护法律
maintain a relationship.维持关系
need to maintain.需要维持（或维修、养活）
pledge to maintain.承诺维持（或维修、养活）
try to maintain.试图维持（或维修、养活）
maintain读法：英[meɪnˈteɪn]；美[meɪnˈteɪn]
v.维持；保持；维修；保养；坚持(意见)；固执己见；供养
第三人称单数：maintains
现在分词：maintaining
过去式：maintained
过去分词：maintained
The government struggled to maintain law and order.
政府努力维持治安。
The army has been sent in to maintain order in the capital.
军队被调进首都维持治安。
We aim to maintain high standards of customer care.
我们的宗旨是始终以高标准为顾客服务。
We shall maintain our focus on the needs of the customer.
我们将继续重点关注顾客的需要。
The two countries have always maintained close relations.
这两个国家一直保持着密切关系。
The house is large and difficult to maintain.
房子很大，难以养护。
They have maintained a close association with a college in the US.
他们和美国一所学院保持了密切联系。
Her income was barely enough to maintain one child,let alone three.
她的收入养活一个孩子几乎都不够，更不用说三个了。
This newspaper maintains a good balance in its presentation of different opinions.
这份报纸不偏不倚地报道不同的意见。
The company has maintained trade contacts with India.
这家公司和印度一直保持着贸易往来。
He maintained order by sheer force of personality.
他纯凭人格力量维护秩序。
It was difficult to maintain a secure foothold on the ice.
在冰上不容易站稳脚。
The men maintained they were out of the country when the crime was committed.
这几个男人坚持说案发时他们在国外。
The UN is trying to maintain a dead zone between the warring groups.
联合国正试图在交战方之间保留隔离带。
They maintained a breathless pace for half an hour.
他们用疾速的步伐走了半小时。
A restaurant has to tread the tricky path between maintaining quality and keeping prices down.
餐馆必须在保证质量和价格低廉之间走出一条困难的折中之路。
Throughout his trial he maintained a dignified silence.
在整个审讯过程中，他始终沉默以保持尊严。
He maintained a professional demeanour throughout.
他始终保持着专业人才的风度。
She maintained a dignified silence.
她一言不发，以保持尊严。
He has the power to use force to maintain public order.
他掌握着动用武力维持公共治安的权力。
