| 单词 | retain |
| 释义 | retain verbadverb | verb + retain | preposition adverb➤nonetheless, still, yet仍然保留▸➤no longer不再保留▸➤somehow不知何故保持◆despite the decay the mosque somehow retained a profound grandeur.清真寺虽已破败，但不知为何依然十分庄严。➤successfully成功地保留◆he has successfully retained his position as national president of the society.他成功地保住了自己作为该协会全国主席的职位。➤largely很大程度上保持◆her new music largely retains the distinctiveness of the old.她的新音乐在很大程度上保持了旧式音乐的特色。verb + retain➤be eager to, be keen to, hope to, want to, wish to渴望保持；热衷于保持；希望保持；想保留▸➤attempt to, fight to, seek to, struggle to, try to试图／竭力／寻求／奋力／设法保持◆he struggled to retain control of the situation.他竭力控制住局势。➤be unlikely to不太可能保持➤be likely to很可能保持▸➤manage to设法得以保持▸➤help (to)帮助保持▸➤be allowed to, be entitled to, have the right to获准／有资格／有权保留◆he was allowed to retain his parliamentary seat. (bre) 他获准保留议会席位。◆the immigrants have a right to retain their language.移民有权保留其语言。➤be important to保留⋯很重要➤fail to未能保持preposition➤as留作⋯◆the president retained her as his chief adviser.总统让她留任自己的首席顾问。retain /rɪteɪn/ verb [transitive] (formal) 1.to keep sth; to continue to have sth 保持；保留；继续拥有◆many retailers cut prices to retain customers. 许多零售商为了留住顾客而降价。◆please retain your receipt. 请保留收据。◆the deal allows him to retain control of the company. 这协议使他能够保持对公司的控制。 syn keep (hr 人力资源) if a company retains people, it continues to employ them 留住（人才）；留用◆you can't hire and retain good people without a good benefits package. 没有优厚的福利待遇，你无法聘到并留住优秀人才。◆after the company was restructured, the former management was retained. 公司改组之后，公司原管理人员被留用了。 syn keep 3.to give regular payments or payments in advance to sb with special knowledge such as a lawyer so that they will do work for you 聘请（律师等）◆the company has retained five law firms as well as other specialist firms. 公司聘用了五家律师事务所以及其他专业公司。◆a retaining fee （聘请律师或专职顾问的）聘请费用；律师费；预约聘请辩护费 ➡ retainer ☞ retainretain /rɪteɪn/ [transitive] (law法律) to pay money regularly or in advance to a professional person such as a lawyer, so that they will do work for you when you need them to聘用，委托（律师等专业人士）◆you will need to retain the services of a lawyer.你将需要聘请一位律师。◆you will be paid a retaining fee.你将收到预付辩护费。ⓘ a lawyer, etc. can be retained by a member of the public as well as by a company; sb who is retained may do work for other people or companies as well. * retain a lawyer 指由个人或公司聘用律师。被聘用者仍可接受其他人或其他公司的委托。retain /rɪteɪn/ [transitive] (formal) to keep sth保留；保存；留着◆please retain your ticket stub during the event.赛事期间请保留入场券的票根。◆the house retains much of its original charm.房子保存了许多它原有的迷人风貌。◆she has retained her title (= won the competition again) for the third year.这是她第三年卫冕成功。note 辨析 keep or retain? retain is formal and is used especially in official writing. it is not often used in spoken english. it sometimes suggests that the thing you keep will be necessary or useful in the future. keep is a more general word and can be used in almost all situations. * retain 是正式用词，尤用于公文，不常用于口语。该词有时暗示所保存之物将来会有用。keep 更宽泛，几乎可用于所有场合。retain /rɪteɪn/ [transitive] (formal) to continue to hold or contain sth保持；保留◆these plants will need a soil that retains moisture during the summer months.这些植物需要种在能在夏天里保持湿润的土壤里。◆this information is no longer retained within the computer's main memory.这一信息不再保存在计算机的主记忆体中。retain/rɪˈteɪn ||; rɪˈten/verb [t] (formal 正式) to keep or continue to have sth; not to lose 保留；保持: ◇despite all her problems, she has managed to retain a sense of humour. 虽然困难重重，她仍然保持幽默感。 ☞noun retention 名词为retention retainsee ⇨ keep 1,3,4 re·tain /rɪ`ten; rɪˈteɪn/v [t]to keep something and not lose it, give it away etc 保持，保留，保有:◇the town had retained much of its old charm. 这个城镇保留了许多它昔日的风情。 |
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