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单词 retain
释义
retain
verb[T]
uk
/rɪˈteɪn/us
/rɪˈteɪn/
C2formal
tokeeporcontinueto have something:
保持；保留；保有
She haslostherbattleto retaincontrolof thecompany.她被打败了，失去了继续掌管公司的权力。
Hemanagedto retain hisdignitythroughouttheperformance.在整个表演过程中，他设法保持了自己的尊严。
Shesucceededin retaining herleadin the secondhalfof therace.在比赛的后半程中，她成功地保住了领先地位。
I have a goodmemoryand amableto retain(=remember)factseasily.我记忆力很好，记东西不费劲。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to keep something
  • keepI've kept all my grandmother's jewellery.
  • storeI've stored all Helen's books in the attic.
  • stashHis money was stashed in a cupboard.
  • saveI have some really good chocolates that I've been saving for a special occasion.
  • hang ontoYou should hang onto that picture - it might be worth something.
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formal
If asubstanceretains something, such asheatorwater, itcontinuestoholdorcontainit:
保存；留住；容纳
Thesearetains the sun'swarmthlongerthan theland.海水储存太阳的热量的时间比陆地要长。
See also
retentionformal
lawspecialized
to get theservicesof alawyerbypayingthem before you need them
付定金聘请（律师）
More examples
  • He will retain thehonorarytitleof non-executivechairman.
  • Theseplantsneed arichsoilwhich retainsmoisture.
  • When theydivorcedshe retained alegalinterestin theproperty.
  • Thevillagersretain astrongattachmenttotheirtraditionalcustoms.
  • Themanagementretains therighttorefuseadmission.
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 ofretainfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

retain| American Dictionary

retain
verb[T]
us
/rɪˈteɪn/
tokeeporcontinueto have something:
Francis retainedcontrolof thecompany.
Hiscapacityto retain(=remember)factswas askeenasever, but he hadtroublerememberingpeople’snames.
(Definition ofretainfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

retain| Business English

retain
verb[T]
uk
/rɪˈteɪn/us
tokeeporcontinueto have something,especiallyapositionormoney, orcontrolof something:
Salespeople havedevelopednovelwaysto use theWebtoreachorretaincustomers.
Youretain therightto takelegalactionif you do notaccepthisdecision.
retain control/ownership/possessionThegroupwill retaincontrolof thebusiness.
retain a stake/an interestThefamilyretains aminoritystakein thecompany.
retain your job/postAtkinson retained hispostin theenlargedbankinggroup.
HR
tocontinuetoemploypeoplein acompanyororganization:
retain staff/talent/employeesWe will retain all of theemployeescurrentlyemployedat theplant.
Companies willachieveacompetitiveadvantagebyattractingand retainingthebesttalent.
Recruiting and retaininggoodstaffwill be among histoppriorities.
MANAGEMENT,HR
toemployalawyer,consultant(= someonepaidto giveexpertadviceortraining), etc. bypayingthem before you need them:
Thecontractorhadfailedtodisclosethat he had retained anoutsidelobbyist.
Smith hadretained alawyerandfiledacomplaintwith the US Equal Employment OpportunityCommission.
retain sb as sthVan Hellemondresigned, though the NHL has retained him as aconsultant.
tokeeparecord,document, etc. that might beneededin thefuture:
Theofficemust retain all e-mails pertaining toauditsfor at least 11years.
He said heprotectedhimself by retaining all therecordson theproject.
Please retainyourreceiptforfuturereference.
(Definition ofretainfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofretain

retain
Authors shouldretaina copy of the original manuscript.
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In doing so, the agent shouldretainmore preferred beliefs in favor of less preferred ones wherever coherence permits.
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In this early period, the government did not intervene in such activities as long as they retained a purely philanthropic goal.
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Even today, in the context of increasing poverty, the village retains its reputation as a place of ultimate security.
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Only those utterances produced during shared attention episodes were retained in each protocol.
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We retained these items, however, because we wanted to compare the relative influence of family violence on an array of social dimensions including network size.
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Whatever its precise nature, however, protolanguage and the other languages that eventually evolved would, forever after,retainsome of that melody.
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Only those variables that were significantly different between the groups under comparison were retained for the propensity score model.
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In all three populations roughly four-fifths retained the same structure between registers.
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However, the existence of a stress pattern to be retained during reading creates a potential conflict between the reading (primary) and memory (secondary) tasks.
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At what rate do learners learn andretainnew vocabulary from reading a graded reader?
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These findings indicate that beginning readers retained some visual orthographic features of words in memory even after a 3-day delay.
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As once essentially residential communities matured, politicians sought to raise their tax revenues whilst retaining small-scale, almost village life, within an increasingly urbanized milieu.
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How were scholars to live in the world while retaining an otherworldly image?
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The samples from a1 to f1retaina midline orientation that features tongue retraction.
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