英 [meɪnˈteɪnd] 美 [meɪnˈteɪnd]
adj. 被保持的
v. 维护，维修；维持（maintain 的过去分词）
maintain /meɪnˈteɪn/ CET4 TEM4 [ maintaining maintained maintains ]
及物动词 If you maintain something, you continue to have it, and do not let it stop or grow weaker. 保持
After the divorce, their father still maintained close contact with the boys.
离婚后，他们的父亲仍和儿子们保持着密切联系。
及物动词 If you say that someone maintains that something is true, you mean that they have stated their opinion strongly but not everyone agrees with them or believes them. 坚持说; 坚持认为
He has maintained that the money was donated for international purposes.
他坚持说这笔钱是出于国际目的而捐助的。
"Not all feminism has to be like this," Jo maintains.
乔坚持认为，“并非所有的女权运动都得像这样。”
及物动词 If you maintain something at a particular rate or level, you keep it at that rate or level. 维持
The government was right to maintain interest rates at a high level.
该政府将利率维持在一个高的层面是正确的。
及物动词 If you maintain a road, building, vehicle, or machine, you keep it in good condition by regularly checking it and repairing it when necessary. 维修; 保养
The house costs a fortune to maintain.
维修这房子花费巨大。
及物动词 If you maintain someone, you provide them with money and other things that they need. 供养
...the basic costs of maintaining a child.
…供养一个孩子的基本费用。
kept in good condition
同义词： kept up(p) / well-kept
continued in your keeping or use or memory
同义词： retained
被保持的
被保持
... maintained被保持被保持的 maintained被保持的 maintained被保持的被维持的被维修的 ...
... Convergence 汇聚 聚焦 Maintained 维护 Distinct 显著不同的 ...
... launched 开张，开始实行 maintained 维持;保持;使继续 managed 处理，管理, 控制, 操纵, 维持, 运用, 搞成, 设法, 达成 ...
维护，维修；维持（maintain的过去分词）
She maintained a dignified silence.
她一言不发，以保持尊严。
He maintained order by sheer force of personality.
他纯凭人格力量维护秩序。
The company has maintained trade contacts with India.
这家公司和印度一直保持着贸易往来。
In general,Germans want the social contract maintained and are willing to sacrifice to keep it - for themselves and future generations.
VOA : standard.2010.06.16
Likewise, the gifts--the other foods and pleasing odors attracted and maintained the continued presence of God in the sanctuary.
同样的，个人准备的,都吸引并维持了上帝在圣所里的逗留。
旧约导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
And if you maintained it in the right way, this polymer scaffold together with the skin cells will grow into skin.
如果培养方法得当,这个聚合物支架与这些皮肤细胞,会融合形成皮肤
生物医学工程探索课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
He says supply shortages and badly maintained pipes keep water from getting where it is needed.
VOA : standard.2010.08.04
Mullah Omar has maintained a policy that rejects any negotiations before the international forces leave.
VOA : standard.2009.11.27
Still, through it all, The Church has maintained a constant stream of new music.
Next, it will use a database of genes maintained by Incyte Pharmaceuticals, in Palo Alto, Calif.
Cut off from the rest of the world, the Icelanders have maintained an extraordinary continuity with their ancestors.