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单词 retention
释义
retention
noun[U]
formal
uk
/rɪˈten.ʃən/us
/rɪˈten.ʃən/
C2
thecontinueduse,existence, orpossessionof something or someone:
保留；保持；维持
Twoinfluentialsenatorshavearguedfor the retention of theunpopulartax.两位有影响的参议员主张保留这项不得人心的税收。
The retention ofoldtechnologyhasslowedthe company'sgrowth.死守着旧技术不放减缓了这家公司的发展。
water/heatretention水分保持／热量滞留
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Keeping and storing things
  • appropriate
  • aside
  • bank
  • bogart
  • capacitance
  • capture
  • cling
  • dump
  • keep(something/someone)back
  • lay
  • laysomethingaside
  • laysomethingdown
  • laysomethingin
  • maintain
  • reserve
  • stockpile
  • stockpiling
  • storage
  • store
  • storesomethingup
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(Definition ofretentionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

retention| American Dictionary

retention
noun[U]
us
/rɪˈten·ʃən/
theabilitytokeeporcontinuehaving something:
Officials arefocusingonjobcreation, notjobretention.

retentive

adjectiveus
/rɪˈten·tɪv/
a retentivememory
(Definition ofretentionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

retention| Business English

retention
noun
uk
/rɪˈtenʃən/us
[U]HR,WORKPLACE
theabilityof acompanytokeepitsemployeesandstopthem from going toworksomewhereelse:
Thestudyfoundthatmentoringprogramshave apositiveimpactonteachersandtheirretention.
Healthbenefitsare animportantrecruitmentand retentiontool.
Both theseorganizationshaveimprovedstaffretentionbypayinggreatattentiontoofficedesign.
Employee retentionis one of themajorissuesconfrontingbusinesstoday.
COMMERCE
theabilityof acompanytokeepitscustomers,ratherthanlosingthem tocompetitors:
Revenuegrowth, inturn, isachievedbypursuinggrowingmarketsegments, byfindingnewcustomers, and byimprovingthe retention ofexistingcustomers.
customer/client retentionCustomer retention is thekeytoprofitablegrowth.
Theunithas aclientretentionrateof 85%.
[C]ACCOUNTING
anamountofmoneythat isowedto someone for doingworkbut that is notpaiduntil theworkhas beencompletedin asatisfactoryway:
If awithheldretention isdisputed, thecontractorisgenerallyentitledtoadjudication.
[U]
thecontinueduse orpossessionof something or someone:
Thecityhastraditionallyfavouredthe retention ofspaceforbusinessandemploymentuses, but someresidencesare now beingbuilt.
Thecompanydeniedthat there were anyproblemswithitsdocumentretentionprocedures.
(Definition ofretentionfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofretention

retention
However, the activation of semantic representations necessary for theretentionof meaning will continue to be sustained in the postsentence retention interval.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Problems in recruitment andretentionare exacerbated by reports of low morale throughout the profession.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In other words, visuo-spatial and verbal short-termretentionsystems use the same underlying mechanisms.
From theCambridge English Corpus
At best, turnover rates better represent trends over time and must be used with other sources, ranging from managerial testimony to rates of workerretention.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This mechanism controls activation in theretentionsystems and also makes working memory available for goal directed actions.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Specifically, for the moderate declining group, we found evidence that graderetentionaggravated classroom physical aggression, but only when it occurred prior to age 13.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Studies on delayed dream recall and long-termretentionof pre-sleep stimuli indicate that sleep may have a positive role in the consolidation of information.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These results are an example of encoding and subsequentretentionoperations involving the same brain region.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Bureaucratic autonomy was ensured in the first decades of independence, by theretentionof expatriate senior civil servants.
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Moreover,retentionrates in the eight chambers in states without the ballot reform are not statistically different from those that adopted the reform.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Evaluating storage,retention, and retrieval in disordered memory and learning.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The results also revealed a sustained negative impact on later disruptive behavior that persisted long after the occurrence of graderetention.
From theCambridge English Corpus
We found short-lived negative prospective associations between graderetentionand girls' disruptive behavior beyond its natural persistence.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These include: (1) interference with water uptake; (2) mechanical constraints; (3) interference with gas exchange; (4)retentionof inhibitors; and (5) inhibitor production.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There was also no support for hypothesis (3): any method for creating meaningful associations will help vocabularyretention.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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Collocationswithretention

retention

These are words often used in combination withretention.

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better retention
Each on its own however was less successful in promoting lexical retention after five weeks, though the two combined did promote somewhatbetterretention.
From theCambridge English Corpus
employee retention
This is a modern substitute foremployeeretention.
From theCambridge English Corpus
grade retention
Specifically, for the moderate declining group, we found evidence thatgraderetentionaggravated classroom physical aggression, but only when it occurred prior to age 13.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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