Definition of retain in English:

retain

verb rɪˈteɪnrəˈteɪn

[with object]

1Continue to have (something); keep possession of.
保持，保留
Labour retained the seat
工党保住了这个席位。
built in 1830, the house retains many of its original features
房子建于1830年，至今仍保留着许多原有特色。
Example sentencesExamples
- He retains his wonderful sense of humor and continues to make his sardonic comments on life, as it is lived in the ballet world of George Zoritch.
- Cheever sells cars, washes dishes, works in a bookstore, guards perfume and even acts in a haunted house in his efforts to retain gainful employment.
- I have written my continuation tests and passed with high enough marks to retain my scholarship.
- Accordingly high quality road connections, both at local and at national level, are critical if the port is to sustain continued growth and retain its current market share.
- Conductors, too, can retain their musical powers long after physical vigour has departed.
- A good fitness program will help you reduce your body fat while retaining, or even increasing, your muscle mass.
- With age the wines develop an extraordinary smoky complexity while retaining their characteristic tang of acidity.
- A double bedroom to the back of the house retains the original mahogany surround cast-iron fireplace and an en suite bathroom with a bath.
- Rather, they represent historic reserves and retain their roles as art educational facilities with unique resources that continue to develop.
- As everyone found their seats and rearranged themselves until content, Jen retained her blank stare.
- His compositions have retained a universal popularity and continue to be performed in virtually all corners of the world.
- The descendants of her son, Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond, who bought the family estate, Goodwood House, retain his title to this day.
- Set on a quiet street, this 102 square metre redbrick period house has been extensively refurbished but still retains its original charm.
- The new textures serve the band's sound accordingly, and enable them to explore new compositional directions while retaining a degree of continuity earlier albums missed.
- Many seniors continue to retain one valuable asset: their home.
- As one walks up the Max Reger Weg, houses become more modern, but the road retains a rural aspect, being broad, grassy and lined with hedges.
- Yet whilst department-store glass sheds its entire financial value the moment it has been bought, antique and more modern glass not only retains value but also possesses a unique social resonance.
- The opposition argued that a government required the confidence of both houses to retain office.
- This light-filled house retains a number of attractive period features, such as high ceilings and ceiling coving, and is new on the books of Sherry FitzGerald in Ranelagh.
- Siegal's dream is to reinvent a mobile house, retaining the concepts of affordability and flexibility but shaking up the bland design notions that now dominate the genre.
Synonyms
keep, keep possession of, keep hold of, hold on to, hold fast to, keep back, hang on to, cling to
literary cleave to
1. 1.1 Not abolish or alter; maintain.
  保持不变，保留
  the rights of defendants must be retained
  被告的权利必须予以保留。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It decided from the start to set itself apart from other lowcost airlines by retaining service features, such as allocated seating, and it sees service quality as a marketing tool to differentiate itself from the herd.
  Since you never give up ownership, you retain the right to control all of its uses.
  Ownership of the hotel must be retained for seven years in order to avoid a claw-back of relief.
  We must ensure that we always retain our democratic right to self-determination, our right to agree or disagree on any question.
  In the end, the independent operator retains the right to sue, and it's not hard to figure out who's going to pay.
  In other words, although Parliament was repealing the Stamp Act, it retained its right to govern America.
  From the time of Charlemagne the above-named German tribes lived under Frankish constitution retaining their own old laws, the leges barbarorum, which Charlemagne codified.
  The Supreme Court still retains the traditional British robes, wigs, and format.
  Do you know of a site to post photos where one still retains ownership of their photos?
  Foley did not express a view on whether the Groceries Order should be retained or abolished.
  He also retains ownership of the paper's printing division.
  Germany will also be exempt, but following recent proposals from its government will retain its own mandatory system.
  Although the United States vacated its bases, it retains the right to defend the canal against an attack from any source.
  Countrywide also retains the right to collect mortgage payments, which generates income from fees.
  Each state must retain its right to determine for itself how it will extend online, and if we disagree with their choice we should argue and use political channels to achieve our ends.
  Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has signalled that he intends retaining the controversial Groceries Order, despite admitting that abolishing it would bring down prices.
  You would retain all other ownership of your work.
  This response encourages creators to forego some rights available under copyright law while retaining others.
  In this strategic alliance, the three firms pool their resources to offer clients the depth and breadth of their combined expertise while retaining their respective corporate identities.
  For this reason, that system has been retained throughout this article.
  Central government would only retain powers over public health, regulation, training and research.
  Synonyms
  maintain, keep, continue, preserve, reserve, conserve, perpetuate, cherish
2. 1.2 Keep in one's memory.
  记住
  I retained a few French words and phrases
  我记住了一些法语单词和短语。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Pheadrus is an elf that has been reincarnated from a human thief; he retains most of his memories and skills from when he was a thief as well as skills from his current life as an elf.
  Chances are it will help them retain your information better and use it more effectively.
  Walking past ever remaining durable pavements over hundreds of years old, she'd retained her past memories.
  I remember nothing of said servants and retain only the vaguest memory of my nanny - though her name has completely slipped my mind.
  Architecture is, at a very different scale, to be consumed and hopefully retained in the memory.
  I never remembered such a person as this in the few and scattered memories I still retained from my childhood.
  But a spectator can hold only so much in memory and is unlikely to retain more than the first three rounds; the succeeding material begins to blur.
  From the very hazy memories of reading on caves that she still retained, she thought she remembered that it was always the same temperature in a cave, but that didn't mean it was warm.
  He blew a kiss goodbye to his home for many months, hoping to retain many of the memories that had been created there.
  If I remember correctly people only retain about 5% of what they read.
  Going by what little memory she retained from that foggy night, she maneuvered in the direction that she believed lay the river.
  The teacher looked kindly enough, but upon listening to his lesson of Lethe's history and geography she found him to be quite boring, and began to doze, somehow retaining most of the information he droned at her.
  As has been demonstrated in the ‘Facets’ episode and many others, Trill hosts retain many of the memories and emotions of prior hosts.
  It's retaining what I need to know and being able to reapply it where it needs be that's the hard part.
  What is the subject matter and how can it be presented in a way that students understand and retain.
  Whereas Mozart famously detested Salzburg, Zehetmair retains much fonder memories of his home town.
  Augustine is sure that without language, his own and that of others, there is no memory; he cannot retain or pass on to others, what he cannot put into words.
  Synonyms
  remember, memorize, keep in one's mind, keep in one's memory
  learn, learn by heart, get by heart, commit to memory, get off pat, learn by rote, impress on the memory, become word-perfect in
  recall, call to mind, recollect, think of, succeed in remembering
  archaic con
2Absorb and continue to hold (a substance)
吸收并保留（物质）
limestone is known to retain water
众所周知，石灰岩能吸收并保存水分。
Example sentencesExamples
- The job was one that must be done every fall when the crops are in - removing the long strips of black plastic mulch that warms the soil, retains moisture, and stifles the weeds.
- The excess mineral supplemented to steers in the group fed at six times the NRC recommendation seems not to have been retained by the animal or stored in the liver.
- These toxins prevent the body absorbing nutrients from food, and poison it by retaining waste matter which should have been ‘flushed’ away.
- The more water a place retains throughout the year, the more complex an ecosystem it can support.
- Carbon-rich organic matter does this by reducing soil erosion while helping soil retain and break down pesticides and excess nutrients.
- Sodium attracts fluid, and when people retain fluid they have trouble breathing.
- Taking essential fatty acid supplements can help the skin retain more moisture and thus resist wrinkles.
- In the burning process most carbon, nitrogen and sulphur are lost in gaseous form, whereas phosphorus, potassium and calcium are retained in the ash.
- It helps soil retain more water and nutrients and helps soil hold together, making it better able to resist erosion by rain or snowmelt.
- When stalks and roots from an average corn crop are left to deteriorate in a no-till system, more than 1000 pounds of carbon per acre can be retained in the soil as humus.
- Also, if the weather is particularly dry, a pruning sealer will help the tree retain more moisture.
- The filtration process works by physically removing the contaminants from the water and retaining them within the filter medium.
- Containers that have soils high in organic matter retain soil moisture longer than other growing media.
- Although Charon is very small, and would not have much gravity to hold on to an atmosphere, it is so far from the sun and so cold that the researchers speculate some gases could yet be retained.
3often as adjective retainingKeep (something) in place; hold fixed.
挡住，拦住
remove the retaining bar
将阻挡栅栏移走。
Example sentencesExamples
- Disconnect the plastic retaining clip mounted to the interior of the door.
- To ensure the data or slide projector is secure on top of the trolley there is a retaining bar.
4Keep (someone) engaged in one's service.
继续雇用
he has been retained as a freelance
他被续聘为自由撰稿人。
Example sentencesExamples
- During busy season, overtime is a given and layoffs during slow times may frustrate the ability to recruit and retain skilled employees.
- How much will it impact your business if you can't find, recruit and retain the people with the specific skills you require to achieve your objectives?
- But they also believe that a company's viability depends on recruiting and retaining people who can work, change, and innovate over the long term.
- While this is hardly news, attracting and retaining the best people is increasingly important - and there's a new twist to this traditional concern.
- Recruiting and retaining skilled scientists and engineers is no easy task; furthermore, such professionals often seek freedom to interact with their peers in other firms.
- Downsizing, however, cuts deep and employees with a decade or more of service are laid off, while the firm retains those with greater seniority.
- A management company has been retained to take care of the grounds and a service fee of £650 will apply each year.
- Build loyalty by hiring and retaining good employees and provide them with regular training.
- The third new direction, increased ethical behavior by businesses, has to do, in part, with recruiting and retaining good people.
- Wage and price controls in effect during World War II meant employers had to turn to forms of non-cash compensation to recruit or retain workers.
- Employers' decisions to hire and retain will be influenced by information asymmetries regarding an individual's human capital.
- But university administrators complain that the funding crunch is hobbling their efforts to recruit and retain the world's best and brightest.
- Still, an experienced securities lawyer should be retained to advise on deal terms.
- Finding, hiring, motivating and retaining employees is a challenge far CEOs - especially in the high-tech arena.
- New owners will have to consider whether to retain him.
- Parliamentary hostility forced his resignation shortly afterwards, but the king retained him in his counsels.
- Likewise, a CEO has no obligation to retain someone whom the business no longer needs.
- The ten commandments of managing won't ensure that you'll always get and retain the best people.
- The internal auditors must explain to company members why a firm is retained as external auditor without a public tender.
- Additional vacation time or flex time may help your firm recruit and retain employees, but that's usually an insufficient incentive.
- In a way it was a compliment that the Director was so keen to retain him that he was happy to pay him the salary of someone doing the job at least one grade above the actual day to day reality of the work.
- English-speaking managers are more likely to be recruited and retained in Toronto than in Montreal.
Synonyms
employ, commission, contract, pay, keep on the payroll, have in employment
hire, engage, appoint, recruit, put on the payroll, secure the services of, sign on, sign up, take on, take into one's employ
1. 4.1 Secure the services of (a barrister) with a preliminary payment.
  付定金聘定（尤指律师）
  retain a barrister to handle the client's business
  付定金聘定律师来处理该客户事务。
  Example sentencesExamples
  On returning to Mobile she retained attorney Norborne R. Clarke to draft a plan based on the Colorado model for a separate juvenile court and detention home in Mobile.
  Representatives from the company or the law firm it has retained could not be reached for comment this afternoon.
  Prominent Cayman law firms have been retained to act in what, for the Caymans, is a major case.
  Similarly, given the litigious nature of his business, it would have been great to know the names and phone numbers of the lawyers he had retained.
  Still, an experienced securities lawyer should be retained to advise on deal terms.
  You retain a lawyer to litigate the case, although under most policies, the attorney will be assigned to you by your insurer.
  Bank sources said that he has retained lawyers in Belfast and Dublin in anticipation of a possible compensation claim against the bank.
  There are reports that a support group for bogus non-resident account holders has retained lawyers to fight a number of cases against financial institutions.
  Surely it is intended to relax the automatic laws of copyright and yet retain some level of recognition and control without having to incur the expense of retaining a copyright lawyer.
  Leading commercial barristers Michael Cush SC and Bill Shipsey SC have been retained to act for the plaintiffs in the case.
  It appears that solicitors Matheson Ormsby Prentice were retained to provide advice on the framing of the legislation.
  The consequence of disqualifying a judge or lawyer is that a new one is assigned or retained.
  Lawyers have been retained on all sides in what may prove a legal minefield.
  Not yet arrived was Timothy Beach from Lincoln in nearby Logan County, a veteran criminal lawyer retained to assist the prosecution.

Derivatives

retainability

noun rɪteɪnəˈbɪlɪti

By eliminating physical and psychological barriers that impede pilot training, the goal of the management program is to maximize the rate of learning and ultimately increase pilot retainability.
Example sentencesExamples
- Selectees, none over age 39, had to be physically fit, mentally awake and morally straight, with saber-sharp military bearing and at least 15 months retainability.
- Most EPLOs are colonels or lieutenant colonels with at least three years retainability.

retainable

adjective

The fuel for P2P networks is the desire for retainable information and as more information is retained by more people then this fuel will necessarily drop in quantity.
Example sentencesExamples
- Good, retainable competencies are much in demand and selection processes have tightened, so that they can deliver on the ideal employee ‘wish lists’ for companies.
- But to Trevor, it was probably just a story that was lost, something retainable, and he wouldn't miss it in the meantime.
- Bhatia pointed out that up to 80 per cent of those working in the institute will be post-doctoral fellows who will carry on the work internationally and hopefully be retainable for Ontario, and Canada.

retainment

noun

She said areas such as electronic communication between the schools and the LEA needed to be worked on and the recruitment and retainment of teachers could become a priority in the future.
Example sentencesExamples
- Ask politely about how the head teacher was recruited, what recruitment and interview process exists for senior teachers and what is the policy (which should be written somewhere) on recruitment and retainment of staff.
- He said: ‘It's disheartening for teachers and it can affect the recruitment and retainment of staff.’
- Whether the retainment of exuviae is characteristic of the species is open to question.
- The reform believes in the retainment of ‘no fault ‘divorce law and states those who file for divorce on misconduct claims should be compensated.’

Origin

Late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Old French retenir, from Latin retinere, from re- 'back' + tenere 'hold'.

Rhymes

abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne

Definition of retain in US English:

retain

verbrəˈteɪnrəˈtān

1Continue to have (something); keep possession of.
保持，保留
built in 1830, the house retains many of its original features
房子建于1830年，至今仍保留着许多原有特色。
Example sentencesExamples
- A double bedroom to the back of the house retains the original mahogany surround cast-iron fireplace and an en suite bathroom with a bath.
- Siegal's dream is to reinvent a mobile house, retaining the concepts of affordability and flexibility but shaking up the bland design notions that now dominate the genre.
- Cheever sells cars, washes dishes, works in a bookstore, guards perfume and even acts in a haunted house in his efforts to retain gainful employment.
- The opposition argued that a government required the confidence of both houses to retain office.
- Conductors, too, can retain their musical powers long after physical vigour has departed.
- Many seniors continue to retain one valuable asset: their home.
- A good fitness program will help you reduce your body fat while retaining, or even increasing, your muscle mass.
- He retains his wonderful sense of humor and continues to make his sardonic comments on life, as it is lived in the ballet world of George Zoritch.
- The descendants of her son, Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond, who bought the family estate, Goodwood House, retain his title to this day.
- As everyone found their seats and rearranged themselves until content, Jen retained her blank stare.
- With age the wines develop an extraordinary smoky complexity while retaining their characteristic tang of acidity.
- I have written my continuation tests and passed with high enough marks to retain my scholarship.
- Accordingly high quality road connections, both at local and at national level, are critical if the port is to sustain continued growth and retain its current market share.
- Rather, they represent historic reserves and retain their roles as art educational facilities with unique resources that continue to develop.
- As one walks up the Max Reger Weg, houses become more modern, but the road retains a rural aspect, being broad, grassy and lined with hedges.
- The new textures serve the band's sound accordingly, and enable them to explore new compositional directions while retaining a degree of continuity earlier albums missed.
- His compositions have retained a universal popularity and continue to be performed in virtually all corners of the world.
- This light-filled house retains a number of attractive period features, such as high ceilings and ceiling coving, and is new on the books of Sherry FitzGerald in Ranelagh.
- Set on a quiet street, this 102 square metre redbrick period house has been extensively refurbished but still retains its original charm.
- Yet whilst department-store glass sheds its entire financial value the moment it has been bought, antique and more modern glass not only retains value but also possesses a unique social resonance.
Synonyms
keep, keep possession of, keep hold of, hold on to, hold fast to, keep back, hang on to, cling to
maintain, keep, continue, preserve, reserve, conserve, perpetuate, cherish
1. 1.1 Not abolish, discard, or alter.
  保持不变，保留
  the rights of defendants must be retained
  被告的权利必须予以保留。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You would retain all other ownership of your work.
  Countrywide also retains the right to collect mortgage payments, which generates income from fees.
  Each state must retain its right to determine for itself how it will extend online, and if we disagree with their choice we should argue and use political channels to achieve our ends.
  The Supreme Court still retains the traditional British robes, wigs, and format.
  He also retains ownership of the paper's printing division.
  For this reason, that system has been retained throughout this article.
  Foley did not express a view on whether the Groceries Order should be retained or abolished.
  This response encourages creators to forego some rights available under copyright law while retaining others.
  Central government would only retain powers over public health, regulation, training and research.
  Germany will also be exempt, but following recent proposals from its government will retain its own mandatory system.
  Since you never give up ownership, you retain the right to control all of its uses.
  In the end, the independent operator retains the right to sue, and it's not hard to figure out who's going to pay.
  Although the United States vacated its bases, it retains the right to defend the canal against an attack from any source.
  In other words, although Parliament was repealing the Stamp Act, it retained its right to govern America.
  From the time of Charlemagne the above-named German tribes lived under Frankish constitution retaining their own old laws, the leges barbarorum, which Charlemagne codified.
  Do you know of a site to post photos where one still retains ownership of their photos?
  In this strategic alliance, the three firms pool their resources to offer clients the depth and breadth of their combined expertise while retaining their respective corporate identities.
  It decided from the start to set itself apart from other lowcost airlines by retaining service features, such as allocated seating, and it sees service quality as a marketing tool to differentiate itself from the herd.
  Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has signalled that he intends retaining the controversial Groceries Order, despite admitting that abolishing it would bring down prices.
  We must ensure that we always retain our democratic right to self-determination, our right to agree or disagree on any question.
  Ownership of the hotel must be retained for seven years in order to avoid a claw-back of relief.
  Synonyms
  maintain, keep, continue, preserve, reserve, conserve, perpetuate, cherish
2. 1.2 Keep in one's memory.
  记住
  I retained a few French words and phrases
  我记住了一些法语单词和短语。
  Example sentencesExamples
  But a spectator can hold only so much in memory and is unlikely to retain more than the first three rounds; the succeeding material begins to blur.
  It's retaining what I need to know and being able to reapply it where it needs be that's the hard part.
  Pheadrus is an elf that has been reincarnated from a human thief; he retains most of his memories and skills from when he was a thief as well as skills from his current life as an elf.
  Chances are it will help them retain your information better and use it more effectively.
  From the very hazy memories of reading on caves that she still retained, she thought she remembered that it was always the same temperature in a cave, but that didn't mean it was warm.
  He blew a kiss goodbye to his home for many months, hoping to retain many of the memories that had been created there.
  If I remember correctly people only retain about 5% of what they read.
  As has been demonstrated in the ‘Facets’ episode and many others, Trill hosts retain many of the memories and emotions of prior hosts.
  Going by what little memory she retained from that foggy night, she maneuvered in the direction that she believed lay the river.
  Augustine is sure that without language, his own and that of others, there is no memory; he cannot retain or pass on to others, what he cannot put into words.
  I remember nothing of said servants and retain only the vaguest memory of my nanny - though her name has completely slipped my mind.
  I never remembered such a person as this in the few and scattered memories I still retained from my childhood.
  Walking past ever remaining durable pavements over hundreds of years old, she'd retained her past memories.
  Architecture is, at a very different scale, to be consumed and hopefully retained in the memory.
  The teacher looked kindly enough, but upon listening to his lesson of Lethe's history and geography she found him to be quite boring, and began to doze, somehow retaining most of the information he droned at her.
  Whereas Mozart famously detested Salzburg, Zehetmair retains much fonder memories of his home town.
  What is the subject matter and how can it be presented in a way that students understand and retain.
  Synonyms
  remember, memorize, keep in one's mind, keep in one's memory
3. 1.3 Absorb and continue to hold (a substance)
  吸收并保留（物质）
  limestone is known to retain water
  众所周知，石灰岩能吸收并保存水分。
  Example sentencesExamples
  These toxins prevent the body absorbing nutrients from food, and poison it by retaining waste matter which should have been ‘flushed’ away.
  Also, if the weather is particularly dry, a pruning sealer will help the tree retain more moisture.
  In the burning process most carbon, nitrogen and sulphur are lost in gaseous form, whereas phosphorus, potassium and calcium are retained in the ash.
  The excess mineral supplemented to steers in the group fed at six times the NRC recommendation seems not to have been retained by the animal or stored in the liver.
  The filtration process works by physically removing the contaminants from the water and retaining them within the filter medium.
  It helps soil retain more water and nutrients and helps soil hold together, making it better able to resist erosion by rain or snowmelt.
  Carbon-rich organic matter does this by reducing soil erosion while helping soil retain and break down pesticides and excess nutrients.
  When stalks and roots from an average corn crop are left to deteriorate in a no-till system, more than 1000 pounds of carbon per acre can be retained in the soil as humus.
  The job was one that must be done every fall when the crops are in - removing the long strips of black plastic mulch that warms the soil, retains moisture, and stifles the weeds.
  Sodium attracts fluid, and when people retain fluid they have trouble breathing.
  The more water a place retains throughout the year, the more complex an ecosystem it can support.
  Containers that have soils high in organic matter retain soil moisture longer than other growing media.
  Taking essential fatty acid supplements can help the skin retain more moisture and thus resist wrinkles.
  Although Charon is very small, and would not have much gravity to hold on to an atmosphere, it is so far from the sun and so cold that the researchers speculate some gases could yet be retained.
4. 1.4often as adjective retaining Keep (something) in place; hold fixed.
  挡住，拦住
  remove the retaining bar
  将阻挡栅栏移走。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Disconnect the plastic retaining clip mounted to the interior of the door.
  To ensure the data or slide projector is secure on top of the trolley there is a retaining bar.
5. 1.5 Keep (someone) engaged in one's service.
  继续雇用
  he has been retained as a freelance
  他被续聘为自由撰稿人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Build loyalty by hiring and retaining good employees and provide them with regular training.
  Finding, hiring, motivating and retaining employees is a challenge far CEOs - especially in the high-tech arena.
  The ten commandments of managing won't ensure that you'll always get and retain the best people.
  Employers' decisions to hire and retain will be influenced by information asymmetries regarding an individual's human capital.
  But they also believe that a company's viability depends on recruiting and retaining people who can work, change, and innovate over the long term.
  Downsizing, however, cuts deep and employees with a decade or more of service are laid off, while the firm retains those with greater seniority.
  Still, an experienced securities lawyer should be retained to advise on deal terms.
  English-speaking managers are more likely to be recruited and retained in Toronto than in Montreal.
  Parliamentary hostility forced his resignation shortly afterwards, but the king retained him in his counsels.
  The third new direction, increased ethical behavior by businesses, has to do, in part, with recruiting and retaining good people.
  Wage and price controls in effect during World War II meant employers had to turn to forms of non-cash compensation to recruit or retain workers.
  How much will it impact your business if you can't find, recruit and retain the people with the specific skills you require to achieve your objectives?
  Likewise, a CEO has no obligation to retain someone whom the business no longer needs.
  During busy season, overtime is a given and layoffs during slow times may frustrate the ability to recruit and retain skilled employees.
  In a way it was a compliment that the Director was so keen to retain him that he was happy to pay him the salary of someone doing the job at least one grade above the actual day to day reality of the work.
  Recruiting and retaining skilled scientists and engineers is no easy task; furthermore, such professionals often seek freedom to interact with their peers in other firms.
  A management company has been retained to take care of the grounds and a service fee of £650 will apply each year.
  But university administrators complain that the funding crunch is hobbling their efforts to recruit and retain the world's best and brightest.
  Additional vacation time or flex time may help your firm recruit and retain employees, but that's usually an insufficient incentive.
  New owners will have to consider whether to retain him.
  The internal auditors must explain to company members why a firm is retained as external auditor without a public tender.
  While this is hardly news, attracting and retaining the best people is increasingly important - and there's a new twist to this traditional concern.
  Synonyms
  employ, commission, contract, pay, keep on the payroll, have in employment
6. 1.6 Secure the services of (a person, especially an attorney) with a preliminary payment.
  付定金聘定（尤指律师）
  retain an attorney to handle the client's business
  付定金聘定律师来处理该客户事务。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You retain a lawyer to litigate the case, although under most policies, the attorney will be assigned to you by your insurer.
  There are reports that a support group for bogus non-resident account holders has retained lawyers to fight a number of cases against financial institutions.
  The consequence of disqualifying a judge or lawyer is that a new one is assigned or retained.
  Still, an experienced securities lawyer should be retained to advise on deal terms.
  Leading commercial barristers Michael Cush SC and Bill Shipsey SC have been retained to act for the plaintiffs in the case.
  It appears that solicitors Matheson Ormsby Prentice were retained to provide advice on the framing of the legislation.
  Prominent Cayman law firms have been retained to act in what, for the Caymans, is a major case.
  Surely it is intended to relax the automatic laws of copyright and yet retain some level of recognition and control without having to incur the expense of retaining a copyright lawyer.
  Representatives from the company or the law firm it has retained could not be reached for comment this afternoon.
  Not yet arrived was Timothy Beach from Lincoln in nearby Logan County, a veteran criminal lawyer retained to assist the prosecution.
  On returning to Mobile she retained attorney Norborne R. Clarke to draft a plan based on the Colorado model for a separate juvenile court and detention home in Mobile.
  Similarly, given the litigious nature of his business, it would have been great to know the names and phone numbers of the lawyers he had retained.
  Bank sources said that he has retained lawyers in Belfast and Dublin in anticipation of a possible compensation claim against the bank.
  Lawyers have been retained on all sides in what may prove a legal minefield.

Origin

Late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Old French retenir, from Latin retinere, from re- ‘back’ + tenere ‘hold’.

单词	retain
释义	Definition of retain in English: retain verb rɪˈteɪnrəˈteɪn [with object] 1Continue to have (something); keep possession of. 保持，保留 Labour retained the seat 工党保住了这个席位。 built in 1830, the house retains many of its original features 房子建于1830年，至今仍保留着许多原有特色。 Example sentencesExamples He retains his wonderful sense of humor and continues to make his sardonic comments on life, as it is lived in the ballet world of George Zoritch. Cheever sells cars, washes dishes, works in a bookstore, guards perfume and even acts in a haunted house in his efforts to retain gainful employment. I have written my continuation tests and passed with high enough marks to retain my scholarship. Accordingly high quality road connections, both at local and at national level, are critical if the port is to sustain continued growth and retain its current market share. Conductors, too, can retain their musical powers long after physical vigour has departed. A good fitness program will help you reduce your body fat while retaining, or even increasing, your muscle mass. With age the wines develop an extraordinary smoky complexity while retaining their characteristic tang of acidity. A double bedroom to the back of the house retains the original mahogany surround cast-iron fireplace and an en suite bathroom with a bath. Rather, they represent historic reserves and retain their roles as art educational facilities with unique resources that continue to develop. As everyone found their seats and rearranged themselves until content, Jen retained her blank stare. His compositions have retained a universal popularity and continue to be performed in virtually all corners of the world. The descendants of her son, Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond, who bought the family estate, Goodwood House, retain his title to this day. Set on a quiet street, this 102 square metre redbrick period house has been extensively refurbished but still retains its original charm. The new textures serve the band's sound accordingly, and enable them to explore new compositional directions while retaining a degree of continuity earlier albums missed. Many seniors continue to retain one valuable asset: their home. As one walks up the Max Reger Weg, houses become more modern, but the road retains a rural aspect, being broad, grassy and lined with hedges. Yet whilst department-store glass sheds its entire financial value the moment it has been bought, antique and more modern glass not only retains value but also possesses a unique social resonance. The opposition argued that a government required the confidence of both houses to retain office. This light-filled house retains a number of attractive period features, such as high ceilings and ceiling coving, and is new on the books of Sherry FitzGerald in Ranelagh. Siegal's dream is to reinvent a mobile house, retaining the concepts of affordability and flexibility but shaking up the bland design notions that now dominate the genre. Synonyms keep, keep possession of, keep hold of, hold on to, hold fast to, keep back, hang on to, cling to literary cleave to 1.1 Not abolish or alter; maintain. 保持不变，保留 the rights of defendants must be retained 被告的权利必须予以保留。 Example sentencesExamples It decided from the start to set itself apart from other lowcost airlines by retaining service features, such as allocated seating, and it sees service quality as a marketing tool to differentiate itself from the herd. Since you never give up ownership, you retain the right to control all of its uses. Ownership of the hotel must be retained for seven years in order to avoid a claw-back of relief. We must ensure that we always retain our democratic right to self-determination, our right to agree or disagree on any question. In the end, the independent operator retains the right to sue, and it's not hard to figure out who's going to pay. In other words, although Parliament was repealing the Stamp Act, it retained its right to govern America. From the time of Charlemagne the above-named German tribes lived under Frankish constitution retaining their own old laws, the leges barbarorum, which Charlemagne codified. The Supreme Court still retains the traditional British robes, wigs, and format. Do you know of a site to post photos where one still retains ownership of their photos? Foley did not express a view on whether the Groceries Order should be retained or abolished. He also retains ownership of the paper's printing division. Germany will also be exempt, but following recent proposals from its government will retain its own mandatory system. Although the United States vacated its bases, it retains the right to defend the canal against an attack from any source. Countrywide also retains the right to collect mortgage payments, which generates income from fees. Each state must retain its right to determine for itself how it will extend online, and if we disagree with their choice we should argue and use political channels to achieve our ends. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has signalled that he intends retaining the controversial Groceries Order, despite admitting that abolishing it would bring down prices. You would retain all other ownership of your work. This response encourages creators to forego some rights available under copyright law while retaining others. In this strategic alliance, the three firms pool their resources to offer clients the depth and breadth of their combined expertise while retaining their respective corporate identities. For this reason, that system has been retained throughout this article. Central government would only retain powers over public health, regulation, training and research. Synonyms maintain, keep, continue, preserve, reserve, conserve, perpetuate, cherish 1.2 Keep in one's memory. 记住 I retained a few French words and phrases 我记住了一些法语单词和短语。 Example sentencesExamples Pheadrus is an elf that has been reincarnated from a human thief; he retains most of his memories and skills from when he was a thief as well as skills from his current life as an elf. Chances are it will help them retain your information better and use it more effectively. Walking past ever remaining durable pavements over hundreds of years old, she'd retained her past memories. I remember nothing of said servants and retain only the vaguest memory of my nanny - though her name has completely slipped my mind. Architecture is, at a very different scale, to be consumed and hopefully retained in the memory. I never remembered such a person as this in the few and scattered memories I still retained from my childhood. But a spectator can hold only so much in memory and is unlikely to retain more than the first three rounds; the succeeding material begins to blur. From the very hazy memories of reading on caves that she still retained, she thought she remembered that it was always the same temperature in a cave, but that didn't mean it was warm. He blew a kiss goodbye to his home for many months, hoping to retain many of the memories that had been created there. If I remember correctly people only retain about 5% of what they read. Going by what little memory she retained from that foggy night, she maneuvered in the direction that she believed lay the river. The teacher looked kindly enough, but upon listening to his lesson of Lethe's history and geography she found him to be quite boring, and began to doze, somehow retaining most of the information he droned at her. As has been demonstrated in the ‘Facets’ episode and many others, Trill hosts retain many of the memories and emotions of prior hosts. It's retaining what I need to know and being able to reapply it where it needs be that's the hard part. What is the subject matter and how can it be presented in a way that students understand and retain. Whereas Mozart famously detested Salzburg, Zehetmair retains much fonder memories of his home town. Augustine is sure that without language, his own and that of others, there is no memory; he cannot retain or pass on to others, what he cannot put into words. Synonyms remember, memorize, keep in one's mind, keep in one's memory learn, learn by heart, get by heart, commit to memory, get off pat, learn by rote, impress on the memory, become word-perfect in recall, call to mind, recollect, think of, succeed in remembering archaic con 2Absorb and continue to hold (a substance) 吸收并保留（物质） limestone is known to retain water 众所周知，石灰岩能吸收并保存水分。 Example sentencesExamples The job was one that must be done every fall when the crops are in - removing the long strips of black plastic mulch that warms the soil, retains moisture, and stifles the weeds. The excess mineral supplemented to steers in the group fed at six times the NRC recommendation seems not to have been retained by the animal or stored in the liver. These toxins prevent the body absorbing nutrients from food, and poison it by retaining waste matter which should have been ‘flushed’ away. The more water a place retains throughout the year, the more complex an ecosystem it can support. Carbon-rich organic matter does this by reducing soil erosion while helping soil retain and break down pesticides and excess nutrients. Sodium attracts fluid, and when people retain fluid they have trouble breathing. Taking essential fatty acid supplements can help the skin retain more moisture and thus resist wrinkles. In the burning process most carbon, nitrogen and sulphur are lost in gaseous form, whereas phosphorus, potassium and calcium are retained in the ash. It helps soil retain more water and nutrients and helps soil hold together, making it better able to resist erosion by rain or snowmelt. When stalks and roots from an average corn crop are left to deteriorate in a no-till system, more than 1000 pounds of carbon per acre can be retained in the soil as humus. Also, if the weather is particularly dry, a pruning sealer will help the tree retain more moisture. The filtration process works by physically removing the contaminants from the water and retaining them within the filter medium. Containers that have soils high in organic matter retain soil moisture longer than other growing media. Although Charon is very small, and would not have much gravity to hold on to an atmosphere, it is so far from the sun and so cold that the researchers speculate some gases could yet be retained. 3often as adjective retainingKeep (something) in place; hold fixed. 挡住，拦住 remove the retaining bar 将阻挡栅栏移走。 Example sentencesExamples Disconnect the plastic retaining clip mounted to the interior of the door. To ensure the data or slide projector is secure on top of the trolley there is a retaining bar. 4Keep (someone) engaged in one's service. 继续雇用 he has been retained as a freelance 他被续聘为自由撰稿人。 Example sentencesExamples During busy season, overtime is a given and layoffs during slow times may frustrate the ability to recruit and retain skilled employees. How much will it impact your business if you can't find, recruit and retain the people with the specific skills you require to achieve your objectives? But they also believe that a company's viability depends on recruiting and retaining people who can work, change, and innovate over the long term. While this is hardly news, attracting and retaining the best people is increasingly important - and there's a new twist to this traditional concern. Recruiting and retaining skilled scientists and engineers is no easy task; furthermore, such professionals often seek freedom to interact with their peers in other firms. Downsizing, however, cuts deep and employees with a decade or more of service are laid off, while the firm retains those with greater seniority. A management company has been retained to take care of the grounds and a service fee of £650 will apply each year. Build loyalty by hiring and retaining good employees and provide them with regular training. The third new direction, increased ethical behavior by businesses, has to do, in part, with recruiting and retaining good people. Wage and price controls in effect during World War II meant employers had to turn to forms of non-cash compensation to recruit or retain workers. Employers' decisions to hire and retain will be influenced by information asymmetries regarding an individual's human capital. But university administrators complain that the funding crunch is hobbling their efforts to recruit and retain the world's best and brightest. Still, an experienced securities lawyer should be retained to advise on deal terms. Finding, hiring, motivating and retaining employees is a challenge far CEOs - especially in the high-tech arena. New owners will have to consider whether to retain him. Parliamentary hostility forced his resignation shortly afterwards, but the king retained him in his counsels. Likewise, a CEO has no obligation to retain someone whom the business no longer needs. The ten commandments of managing won't ensure that you'll always get and retain the best people. The internal auditors must explain to company members why a firm is retained as external auditor without a public tender. Additional vacation time or flex time may help your firm recruit and retain employees, but that's usually an insufficient incentive. In a way it was a compliment that the Director was so keen to retain him that he was happy to pay him the salary of someone doing the job at least one grade above the actual day to day reality of the work. English-speaking managers are more likely to be recruited and retained in Toronto than in Montreal. Synonyms employ, commission, contract, pay, keep on the payroll, have in employment hire, engage, appoint, recruit, put on the payroll, secure the services of, sign on, sign up, take on, take into one's employ 4.1 Secure the services of (a barrister) with a preliminary payment. 付定金聘定（尤指律师） retain a barrister to handle the client's business 付定金聘定律师来处理该客户事务。 Example sentencesExamples On returning to Mobile she retained attorney Norborne R. Clarke to draft a plan based on the Colorado model for a separate juvenile court and detention home in Mobile. Representatives from the company or the law firm it has retained could not be reached for comment this afternoon. Prominent Cayman law firms have been retained to act in what, for the Caymans, is a major case. Similarly, given the litigious nature of his business, it would have been great to know the names and phone numbers of the lawyers he had retained. Still, an experienced securities lawyer should be retained to advise on deal terms. You retain a lawyer to litigate the case, although under most policies, the attorney will be assigned to you by your insurer. Bank sources said that he has retained lawyers in Belfast and Dublin in anticipation of a possible compensation claim against the bank. There are reports that a support group for bogus non-resident account holders has retained lawyers to fight a number of cases against financial institutions. Surely it is intended to relax the automatic laws of copyright and yet retain some level of recognition and control without having to incur the expense of retaining a copyright lawyer. Leading commercial barristers Michael Cush SC and Bill Shipsey SC have been retained to act for the plaintiffs in the case. It appears that solicitors Matheson Ormsby Prentice were retained to provide advice on the framing of the legislation. The consequence of disqualifying a judge or lawyer is that a new one is assigned or retained. Lawyers have been retained on all sides in what may prove a legal minefield. Not yet arrived was Timothy Beach from Lincoln in nearby Logan County, a veteran criminal lawyer retained to assist the prosecution. Derivatives retainability noun rɪteɪnəˈbɪlɪti By eliminating physical and psychological barriers that impede pilot training, the goal of the management program is to maximize the rate of learning and ultimately increase pilot retainability. Example sentencesExamples Selectees, none over age 39, had to be physically fit, mentally awake and morally straight, with saber-sharp military bearing and at least 15 months retainability. Most EPLOs are colonels or lieutenant colonels with at least three years retainability. retainable adjective The fuel for P2P networks is the desire for retainable information and as more information is retained by more people then this fuel will necessarily drop in quantity. Example sentencesExamples Good, retainable competencies are much in demand and selection processes have tightened, so that they can deliver on the ideal employee ‘wish lists’ for companies. But to Trevor, it was probably just a story that was lost, something retainable, and he wouldn't miss it in the meantime. Bhatia pointed out that up to 80 per cent of those working in the institute will be post-doctoral fellows who will carry on the work internationally and hopefully be retainable for Ontario, and Canada. retainment noun She said areas such as electronic communication between the schools and the LEA needed to be worked on and the recruitment and retainment of teachers could become a priority in the future. Example sentencesExamples Ask politely about how the head teacher was recruited, what recruitment and interview process exists for senior teachers and what is the policy (which should be written somewhere) on recruitment and retainment of staff. He said: ‘It's disheartening for teachers and it can affect the recruitment and retainment of staff.’ Whether the retainment of exuviae is characteristic of the species is open to question. The reform believes in the retainment of ‘no fault ‘divorce law and states those who file for divorce on misconduct claims should be compensated.’ Origin Late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Old French retenir, from Latin retinere, from re- 'back' + tenere 'hold'. Rhymes abstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, germane, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne Definition of retain in US English: retain verbrəˈteɪnrəˈtān 1Continue to have (something); keep possession of. 保持，保留 built in 1830, the house retains many of its original features 房子建于1830年，至今仍保留着许多原有特色。 Example sentencesExamples A double bedroom to the back of the house retains the original mahogany surround cast-iron fireplace and an en suite bathroom with a bath. Siegal's dream is to reinvent a mobile house, retaining the concepts of affordability and flexibility but shaking up the bland design notions that now dominate the genre. Cheever sells cars, washes dishes, works in a bookstore, guards perfume and even acts in a haunted house in his efforts to retain gainful employment. The opposition argued that a government required the confidence of both houses to retain office. Conductors, too, can retain their musical powers long after physical vigour has departed. Many seniors continue to retain one valuable asset: their home. A good fitness program will help you reduce your body fat while retaining, or even increasing, your muscle mass. He retains his wonderful sense of humor and continues to make his sardonic comments on life, as it is lived in the ballet world of George Zoritch. The descendants of her son, Charles Lennox, Duke of Richmond, who bought the family estate, Goodwood House, retain his title to this day. As everyone found their seats and rearranged themselves until content, Jen retained her blank stare. With age the wines develop an extraordinary smoky complexity while retaining their characteristic tang of acidity. I have written my continuation tests and passed with high enough marks to retain my scholarship. Accordingly high quality road connections, both at local and at national level, are critical if the port is to sustain continued growth and retain its current market share. Rather, they represent historic reserves and retain their roles as art educational facilities with unique resources that continue to develop. As one walks up the Max Reger Weg, houses become more modern, but the road retains a rural aspect, being broad, grassy and lined with hedges. The new textures serve the band's sound accordingly, and enable them to explore new compositional directions while retaining a degree of continuity earlier albums missed. His compositions have retained a universal popularity and continue to be performed in virtually all corners of the world. This light-filled house retains a number of attractive period features, such as high ceilings and ceiling coving, and is new on the books of Sherry FitzGerald in Ranelagh. Set on a quiet street, this 102 square metre redbrick period house has been extensively refurbished but still retains its original charm. Yet whilst department-store glass sheds its entire financial value the moment it has been bought, antique and more modern glass not only retains value but also possesses a unique social resonance. Synonyms keep, keep possession of, keep hold of, hold on to, hold fast to, keep back, hang on to, cling to maintain, keep, continue, preserve, reserve, conserve, perpetuate, cherish 1.1 Not abolish, discard, or alter. 保持不变，保留 the rights of defendants must be retained 被告的权利必须予以保留。 Example sentencesExamples You would retain all other ownership of your work. Countrywide also retains the right to collect mortgage payments, which generates income from fees. Each state must retain its right to determine for itself how it will extend online, and if we disagree with their choice we should argue and use political channels to achieve our ends. The Supreme Court still retains the traditional British robes, wigs, and format. He also retains ownership of the paper's printing division. For this reason, that system has been retained throughout this article. Foley did not express a view on whether the Groceries Order should be retained or abolished. This response encourages creators to forego some rights available under copyright law while retaining others. Central government would only retain powers over public health, regulation, training and research. Germany will also be exempt, but following recent proposals from its government will retain its own mandatory system. Since you never give up ownership, you retain the right to control all of its uses. In the end, the independent operator retains the right to sue, and it's not hard to figure out who's going to pay. Although the United States vacated its bases, it retains the right to defend the canal against an attack from any source. In other words, although Parliament was repealing the Stamp Act, it retained its right to govern America. From the time of Charlemagne the above-named German tribes lived under Frankish constitution retaining their own old laws, the leges barbarorum, which Charlemagne codified. Do you know of a site to post photos where one still retains ownership of their photos? In this strategic alliance, the three firms pool their resources to offer clients the depth and breadth of their combined expertise while retaining their respective corporate identities. It decided from the start to set itself apart from other lowcost airlines by retaining service features, such as allocated seating, and it sees service quality as a marketing tool to differentiate itself from the herd. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern has signalled that he intends retaining the controversial Groceries Order, despite admitting that abolishing it would bring down prices. We must ensure that we always retain our democratic right to self-determination, our right to agree or disagree on any question. Ownership of the hotel must be retained for seven years in order to avoid a claw-back of relief. Synonyms maintain, keep, continue, preserve, reserve, conserve, perpetuate, cherish 1.2 Keep in one's memory. 记住 I retained a few French words and phrases 我记住了一些法语单词和短语。 Example sentencesExamples But a spectator can hold only so much in memory and is unlikely to retain more than the first three rounds; the succeeding material begins to blur. It's retaining what I need to know and being able to reapply it where it needs be that's the hard part. Pheadrus is an elf that has been reincarnated from a human thief; he retains most of his memories and skills from when he was a thief as well as skills from his current life as an elf. Chances are it will help them retain your information better and use it more effectively. From the very hazy memories of reading on caves that she still retained, she thought she remembered that it was always the same temperature in a cave, but that didn't mean it was warm. He blew a kiss goodbye to his home for many months, hoping to retain many of the memories that had been created there. If I remember correctly people only retain about 5% of what they read. As has been demonstrated in the ‘Facets’ episode and many others, Trill hosts retain many of the memories and emotions of prior hosts. Going by what little memory she retained from that foggy night, she maneuvered in the direction that she believed lay the river. Augustine is sure that without language, his own and that of others, there is no memory; he cannot retain or pass on to others, what he cannot put into words. I remember nothing of said servants and retain only the vaguest memory of my nanny - though her name has completely slipped my mind. I never remembered such a person as this in the few and scattered memories I still retained from my childhood. Walking past ever remaining durable pavements over hundreds of years old, she'd retained her past memories. Architecture is, at a very different scale, to be consumed and hopefully retained in the memory. The teacher looked kindly enough, but upon listening to his lesson of Lethe's history and geography she found him to be quite boring, and began to doze, somehow retaining most of the information he droned at her. Whereas Mozart famously detested Salzburg, Zehetmair retains much fonder memories of his home town. What is the subject matter and how can it be presented in a way that students understand and retain. Synonyms remember, memorize, keep in one's mind, keep in one's memory 1.3 Absorb and continue to hold (a substance) 吸收并保留（物质） limestone is known to retain water 众所周知，石灰岩能吸收并保存水分。 Example sentencesExamples These toxins prevent the body absorbing nutrients from food, and poison it by retaining waste matter which should have been ‘flushed’ away. Also, if the weather is particularly dry, a pruning sealer will help the tree retain more moisture. In the burning process most carbon, nitrogen and sulphur are lost in gaseous form, whereas phosphorus, potassium and calcium are retained in the ash. The excess mineral supplemented to steers in the group fed at six times the NRC recommendation seems not to have been retained by the animal or stored in the liver. The filtration process works by physically removing the contaminants from the water and retaining them within the filter medium. It helps soil retain more water and nutrients and helps soil hold together, making it better able to resist erosion by rain or snowmelt. Carbon-rich organic matter does this by reducing soil erosion while helping soil retain and break down pesticides and excess nutrients. When stalks and roots from an average corn crop are left to deteriorate in a no-till system, more than 1000 pounds of carbon per acre can be retained in the soil as humus. The job was one that must be done every fall when the crops are in - removing the long strips of black plastic mulch that warms the soil, retains moisture, and stifles the weeds. Sodium attracts fluid, and when people retain fluid they have trouble breathing. The more water a place retains throughout the year, the more complex an ecosystem it can support. Containers that have soils high in organic matter retain soil moisture longer than other growing media. Taking essential fatty acid supplements can help the skin retain more moisture and thus resist wrinkles. Although Charon is very small, and would not have much gravity to hold on to an atmosphere, it is so far from the sun and so cold that the researchers speculate some gases could yet be retained. 1.4often as adjective retaining Keep (something) in place; hold fixed. 挡住，拦住 remove the retaining bar 将阻挡栅栏移走。 Example sentencesExamples Disconnect the plastic retaining clip mounted to the interior of the door. To ensure the data or slide projector is secure on top of the trolley there is a retaining bar. 1.5 Keep (someone) engaged in one's service. 继续雇用 he has been retained as a freelance 他被续聘为自由撰稿人。 Example sentencesExamples Build loyalty by hiring and retaining good employees and provide them with regular training. Finding, hiring, motivating and retaining employees is a challenge far CEOs - especially in the high-tech arena. The ten commandments of managing won't ensure that you'll always get and retain the best people. Employers' decisions to hire and retain will be influenced by information asymmetries regarding an individual's human capital. But they also believe that a company's viability depends on recruiting and retaining people who can work, change, and innovate over the long term. Downsizing, however, cuts deep and employees with a decade or more of service are laid off, while the firm retains those with greater seniority. Still, an experienced securities lawyer should be retained to advise on deal terms. English-speaking managers are more likely to be recruited and retained in Toronto than in Montreal. Parliamentary hostility forced his resignation shortly afterwards, but the king retained him in his counsels. The third new direction, increased ethical behavior by businesses, has to do, in part, with recruiting and retaining good people. Wage and price controls in effect during World War II meant employers had to turn to forms of non-cash compensation to recruit or retain workers. How much will it impact your business if you can't find, recruit and retain the people with the specific skills you require to achieve your objectives? Likewise, a CEO has no obligation to retain someone whom the business no longer needs. During busy season, overtime is a given and layoffs during slow times may frustrate the ability to recruit and retain skilled employees. In a way it was a compliment that the Director was so keen to retain him that he was happy to pay him the salary of someone doing the job at least one grade above the actual day to day reality of the work. Recruiting and retaining skilled scientists and engineers is no easy task; furthermore, such professionals often seek freedom to interact with their peers in other firms. A management company has been retained to take care of the grounds and a service fee of £650 will apply each year. But university administrators complain that the funding crunch is hobbling their efforts to recruit and retain the world's best and brightest. Additional vacation time or flex time may help your firm recruit and retain employees, but that's usually an insufficient incentive. New owners will have to consider whether to retain him. The internal auditors must explain to company members why a firm is retained as external auditor without a public tender. While this is hardly news, attracting and retaining the best people is increasingly important - and there's a new twist to this traditional concern. Synonyms employ, commission, contract, pay, keep on the payroll, have in employment 1.6 Secure the services of (a person, especially an attorney) with a preliminary payment. 付定金聘定（尤指律师） retain an attorney to handle the client's business 付定金聘定律师来处理该客户事务。 Example sentencesExamples You retain a lawyer to litigate the case, although under most policies, the attorney will be assigned to you by your insurer. There are reports that a support group for bogus non-resident account holders has retained lawyers to fight a number of cases against financial institutions. The consequence of disqualifying a judge or lawyer is that a new one is assigned or retained. Still, an experienced securities lawyer should be retained to advise on deal terms. Leading commercial barristers Michael Cush SC and Bill Shipsey SC have been retained to act for the plaintiffs in the case. It appears that solicitors Matheson Ormsby Prentice were retained to provide advice on the framing of the legislation. Prominent Cayman law firms have been retained to act in what, for the Caymans, is a major case. Surely it is intended to relax the automatic laws of copyright and yet retain some level of recognition and control without having to incur the expense of retaining a copyright lawyer. Representatives from the company or the law firm it has retained could not be reached for comment this afternoon. Not yet arrived was Timothy Beach from Lincoln in nearby Logan County, a veteran criminal lawyer retained to assist the prosecution. On returning to Mobile she retained attorney Norborne R. Clarke to draft a plan based on the Colorado model for a separate juvenile court and detention home in Mobile. Similarly, given the litigious nature of his business, it would have been great to know the names and phone numbers of the lawyers he had retained. Bank sources said that he has retained lawyers in Belfast and Dublin in anticipation of a possible compensation claim against the bank. Lawyers have been retained on all sides in what may prove a legal minefield. Origin Late Middle English: via Anglo-Norman French from Old French retenir, from Latin retinere, from re- ‘back’ + tenere ‘hold’.
随便看	be on the blink be on the cards be on the fritz be on the game be on the horizon be on the horns of a dilemma be on the lash be on the lookout be on the lookout for be on the lookout (or keep a lookout) for be on the lookout (or keep a lookout) for be on the mend be on the offensive be on the offensive be on the pig's back be on the piss be on the point of collapse be on the qui vive be on the qui vive for be on the rag be on the rag be on the receiving end be on the road to recovery be on the same wavelength be on the same wavelength as