🔑main·tainAWBrE/meɪnˈteɪn/NAmE/meɪnˈteɪn/verbpresent simple - I / you / we / theymaintainBrE/meɪnˈteɪn/NAmE/meɪnˈteɪn/present simple - he / she / itmaintainsBrE/meɪnˈteɪnz/NAmE/meɪnˈteɪnz/past simplemaintainedBrE/meɪnˈteɪnd/NAmE/meɪnˈteɪnd/past participlemaintainedBrE/meɪnˈteɪnd/NAmE/meɪnˈteɪnd/ -ing formmaintainingBrE/meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/NAmE/meɪnˈteɪnɪŋ/🔑~sthtomakesthcontinueatthesamelevel, standard, etc.维持;保持SYNpreserve◆tomaintainlawandorder/standards/abalance维持治安;保持水平/平衡◆Thetwocountrieshavealwaysmaintainedcloserelations. 这两个国家一直保持着密切关系。◆(formal) Shemaintainedadignifiedsilence. 她一言不发,面容威严。◆tomaintainprices(= preventthemfallingorrising)维持价格的稳定🔑~sthtokeepabuilding, amachine, etc. ingoodconditionbycheckingorrepairingitregularly维修;保养◆Thehouseislargeanddifficulttomaintain. 房子很大,难以养护。🔑tokeepstatingthatsthistrue, eventhoughotherpeopledonotagreeordonotbelieveit坚持(意见);固执己见SYNinsist◆~ (that)…Themenmaintained (that) theywereoutofthecountrywhenthecrimewascommitted.这几个男人坚持说案发时他们在国外。◆~sthShehasalwaysmaintainedherinnocence. 她一直坚持说她是无辜的。◆+ speech'ButI'minnocent!'shemaintained. “但是我是无辜的!” 她坚持道。argue
Verbs for reporting an opinion陈述观点的动词
◆Some critics argue that Picasso remained a great master all his life.一些评论家认为毕加索毕生都是一位大师。
◆Others maintain that there is a significant deterioration in quality in his post-war work.其他人坚称他战后的作品质量明显下降。
◆Picasso himself claimed that good art is created, but great art is stolen.毕加索自己声称,好的艺术是创造出来的,伟大的艺术却是偷来的。
◆As Smith has noted, Picasso borrowed imagery from African art.正如史密斯所述,毕加索借用了非洲艺术的意象。
◆As the author points out, Picasso borrowed imagery from African art.正如作者指出的那样,毕加索借用了非洲艺术的意象。
◆The writer challenges the notion that Picasso's sculpture was secondary to his painting.作者对这种观点表示质疑,即毕加索的雕塑不及他的绘画。
◆It has been suggested that Picasso's painting was influenced by jazz music.据说毕加索的绘画受到爵士乐的影响。
➡language bank atabout, according to🔑~sb/sthtosupportsb/sthoveralongperiodoftimebygivingmoney, payingforfood, etc.供养;扶养SYNkeep◆Herincomewasbarelyenoughtomaintainonechild, letalonethree. 她的收入养活一个孩子几乎都不够,更不用说三个了。