retaining
present participle ofretain
| 单词 | retaining |
| 释义 | retaining present participle ofretain retain verb[T] uk/rɪˈteɪn/us/rɪˈteɪn/C2formal tokeeporcontinueto have something: She haslostherbattleto retaincontrolof thecompany. Hemanagedto retain hisdignitythroughouttheperformance. Shesucceededin retaining herleadin the secondhalfof therace. I have a goodmemoryand amableto retain(=remember)factseasily. to keep something
formal If asubstanceretains something, such asheatorwater, itcontinuestoholdorcontainit: Thesearetains the sun'swarmthlongerthan theland. See also retentionformal lawspecialized to get theservicesof alawyerbypayingthem before you need them
Keeping and storing things
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Applying for a job Examplesofretainingretaining In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. How were scholars to live in the world whileretainingan otherworldly image? From theCambridge English Corpus Early speculation focused on the advantages ofretaininga mate. From theCambridge English Corpus The entrance to the shaft descended from the eastern edge of theretainingwall of the enclosure. From theCambridge English Corpus Retainingthis approach would allow the random variable f to make distinctions that the probability measure f does not. From theCambridge English Corpus Another approach is to redefine the morpheme,retainingthe notion of minimal unit, but eliminating the requirement that it be meaningful. From theCambridge English Corpus We have been methodologically conservative in onlyretainingpolitical variables significant over all four rounds. From theCambridge English Corpus The sampling space is enlarged byretainingall parents and all offspring in the population rather than replacing parents by new offspring. From theCambridge English Corpus Here the breweries had to negotiate a global industry whileretaininghome support from patriotic customers and shareholders. From theCambridge English Corpus In such situations, a soil mulch could increase the soil temperature byretainingheat energy. From theCambridge English Corpus We read academic research articles with the idea ofretainingrelevant information to inform our own decision-making processes. From theCambridge English Corpus In this paper, we do this byretainingall of the flexible modes in the modal expansion of the tip output. From theCambridge English Corpus Male values of segregation and male workers' interest inretainingcontrol and use of women's sexuality and labour are written into hiring practices. From theCambridge English Corpus They did this within a ' lineage mode ' -retainingkinship and seniority as the organizing principles of society, but reinterpreting the implications of those principles. From theCambridge English Corpus It has the peculiarity of shedding its leaves in the wet season andretainingthem during the dry season. From theCambridge English Corpus The saturating sticky traps were reduced to their simplest form as flat discs withoutretainingpanels or barriers. 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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