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maintain[mein'tein]vt. 1 维持;保持;使继续:maintain public order维持治安maintain a speed of forty miles an hour保持每小时40英里的速度Food maintains life.食物维持生命.maintain one's health保持健康maintain one's composure保持镇静maintain close ties with sb.与某人保持密切联系 2 维修;养护,保养:maintain machinery维修机器maintain a highway养护公路maintain a building保养建筑物 3 坚持;维护:maintain the people's rights维护人民的权利 4 供养,扶养;负担:maintain one's family养家maintain oneself自立The money maintained us for a month.这笔钱为我们提供了一个月的生活费用. 5 (坚决)主张,断言:He maintained that he would not stand against his old friend.他坚称不会反对自己的老朋友.She maintained her innocence.她坚称自己无罪. 6 给…服用维持剂量的毒品 |