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詞彙精選:maintain的用法和辨析

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一、詳細釋義:

詞彙精選:maintain的用法和辨析

v.

[maintain sth (with sth)] 保持或維持某事物 [T]


例句:

I maintain friendly relations with my neighbours.

我和鄰居保持友好關係。


例句:

Politicians pride themselves on their ability to maintain contact with the thinking of their constituents.

政客們以能夠與選民的想法保持接觸而自豪。


在財務上支持(某人),贍養,扶養 [T]


例句:

Children's duty to maintain their parents shall not terminate with the change in their parents‘ matrimonial relationship.

子女對父母的贍養義務,不因父母的婚姻關係變化而終止。


例句:

Tom has to maintain his family.

湯姆必須贍養他的家庭。


保養,維修(某物)[T]


例句:

They also help us to maintain the machinery.

他們還幫助我們維修機器。


例句:

The house costs a fortune to maintain.

維修這幢房子花銷不菲。


斷言(某事)屬實,堅持 [T]


例句:

If my life depended on it, I would maintain my opinion.

若這有關我的生命,我會堅持我的意見。


例句:

Quite a numBer of young people maintain that money is a passport to happiness.

相當一部分年輕人堅持認爲金錢是獲得幸福的保證。


二、詞義辨析:


assert,affirm,allege,maintain,testify,claim

這些動詞均含有“斷言,聲稱”之意。assert主觀意味強,指自認爲某事就是如此,而不管事實如何。affirm側重在作出斷言時表現出的堅定與不可動搖的態度。allege多指無真憑實據,不提供證據的斷言或宣稱。maintain與assert近義,但前者指堅決維護某種主張或觀點。testify多指在法庭作證,莊嚴地宣稱自己所說屬實。claim可與assert換用,但語氣弱一些,側重指行爲自己的權利提出要求他人承認。


三、詞義辨析:


maintain,conserve,preserve,save,store

這些動詞均有“保存,儲藏”之意。maintain指保持原樣,不增不減conserve較正式用詞,指小心地使用難以補充的資源或貴重物,免遭浪費或毀壞,以備不時之需。preserve側重將物品完好無損地保存下來。save普通用詞,指儘量少用,以爭取數量上有所增加。store普通用詞,指將物品存放,以備將來使用。


四、參考例句:


Maintain a healthy weight.

保持健康的體重。


to maintain long-term stability

長治久安


We must maintain a firm attitude.

我們必須採取堅定的態度。


We maintain cordial relations with our neighbors.

我們與鄰里保持親切友好的關係。


Police were sent for to maintain order.

警察被派來維持秩序。


John mccain would maintain the existing policy.

約翰麥凱恩仍會保持現行的政策。


We must maintain friendly relations with them.

我們必須和他們保持友好關係。


Tom has to maintain his family.

湯姆必須贍養他的家庭。


They were determined to maintain their rights.

他們決心維護他們的權利。


I maintain friendly relations with my neighbours.

我和鄰居保持友好關係。