maintained
past simple and past participle ofmaintain
| 单词 | maintained |
| 释义 | maintained past simple and past participle ofmaintain maintain verb[T] uk/meɪnˈteɪn/us/meɪnˈteɪn/maintainverb[T](CONTINUE TO HAVE)B2 tocontinueto have; tokeepinexistence, or notallowtobecomeless: Thearmyhas beenbroughtin to maintainorderin theregion. We havestandardsto maintain. Despitelivingin differentcountries, the twofamilieshave maintainedcloselinks. Thefilmhas maintaineditspositionas thecritics'favouritefor anotheryear.
Keeping and storing things
maintainverb[T](KEEP IN GOOD CONDITION)B2 tokeeparoad,machine,building, etc. in goodcondition: Alargehousecostsa lot to maintain. Theroadsin thetownhave been verypoorlymaintained. Preserving and saving
maintainverb[T](EXPRESS)C2 toexpressfirmlyyourbeliefthat something istrue: Throughout hisprisonsentence, Dunn has always maintained hisinnocence. [+ that]He maintainsthathe has neverseenthe woman before. to say something
according to the newspapers, records, etc.
Assertions & asserting
maintainverb[T](PROVIDE)toprovidesomeone withfoodand whatever isnecessaryfor them toliveon: Theybarelyearnenough to maintain themselves andtheirfourchildren. Giving, providing and supplying
Examplesofmaintainedmaintained In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Order ismaintainedby two means: direct management of the relations of the players and indirect structuring of the terms of play. From theCambridge English Corpus This pattern wasmaintainedat 4 years except that verb-alone responses were replaced with more pronoun-verb responses. From theCambridge English Corpus The lines that survived for several months could bemaintainedwithout a problem later. From theCambridge English Corpus The quality of light is indeed external and overcast, a qualitymaintainedeven without sufficient natural light. From theCambridge English Corpus Bottles weremaintainedat room temperature in a temperature-controlled building and transferred every 3-4 weeks. From theCambridge English Corpus Also, a global variable v ismaintainedfor counting the recursive steps. From theCambridge English Corpus The number of eggs was counted once or twice each week and tests weremaintaineduntil the female died. From theCambridge English Corpus It has demonstrated that cooperation among states may be achieved andmaintaineddespite the existing legal controversies. From theCambridge English Corpus Theymaintainedthat prostate cancer might be a deadly disease and, as such, should be treated after screening. From theCambridge English Corpus Regular wateringmaintainedsoil water content above 27% during storage under moist conditions. From theCambridge English Corpus Classical approaches that emphasized the role of arousalmaintainedthat there should be a correspondence among physiological systems in their response to emotional stimuli. From theCambridge English Corpus The relativities between the four editions are, however, essentiallymaintained. From theCambridge English Corpus The book has been very well edited in that a high quality ismaintainedthroughout the essays. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, it appears that the mature protein is not cleaved into single domains in vivo, but ismaintainedin the 2domain form. From theCambridge English Corpus At 35-deg eccentricity, the acuity asymmetry along the horizontal meridian wasmaintainedwith acuity for both significantly higher in the nasal retina. 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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