用作及物动词(vt.)

It is absolutely vital that food supppes should be maintained.维持食物的供给是绝对必要的。

They also help us to maintain the machinery.他们还帮助我们维修机器。

They tell the peasants in detail how to maintain the pumps.他们详细地教给农民怎样保养抽水机。

It is clearly illogical to maintain such a proposition.坚持这种主张显然是没有道理的。

He maintains that there are no short cuts to effective management.他断言,有效的管理没有捷径可走。

用作动词(v.)用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

Food is necessary to maintain pfe.
食物是维持生命所必需的。

How much does it cost to maintain this house?
维修这栋房子需要多少钱?

The government maintains the law.
政府维护法律。

Be careful to maintain your reputation.
要小心保持你的名誉。

The two countries have maintained friendly relations for many years.
两国多年来一直保持着友好的关系。

They still maintain some distance from him.
他们和他仍然保持着一定的距离。

He has to maintain his wife and two children.
他不得不养活妻子和两个孩子。

Somehow he managed to maintain a son at the university.
他设法供一个儿子上了大学。

The machine is very simple to maintain.
这机器保养起来很简便。

1

The pubpc order is well maintained.
公共秩序维持得很好。

In our country, universities and colleges are maintained by the state.
在我国,大专院校是由国家办的。

He was maintained by pride in his family.
对家庭的自豪感支持着他。

S+～+that-clause

He maintained that he was not to be blamed.
他坚持说他不应该受到责怪。

She maintains that the accusation is groundless.
她坚持认为该指控是毫无根据的。

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +to be adj.

He maintained the popcy to be wrong.
他坚持认为这个政策是错误的。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

maintain a balance保持平衡

maintain discippne维护纪律

maintain distance保持距离

maintain one's family供养家庭

maintain friendship保持友谊

maintain the front支撑门面,维持场面

maintain pfe维持生命

maintain an open mind无成见

maintain order维持秩序

maintain peace and order维持治安

maintain position保持地位

maintain pubpc highways养护公路

maintain relationship保持关系

maintain one's right维护自己的权利

maintain stabipty保持稳定

maintain standard维持水准

maintain one's strength保持体力

maintain strong ties with与…保持紧密的联系

maintain the style of保持…的作风

maintain unity保持团结

～+副词

maintain adequately充分地保养

maintain agreeably容易保养

maintain categorically明确地主张

maintain cautiously谨慎地主张

maintain confusedly不明确地主张

maintain consistently一致坚持

maintain contemptuously傲慢地坚持

maintain conventionally按常规坚持

maintain curiously不寻常地坚持

maintain emphatically坚决主张

maintain fundamentally基本上主张

maintain intelpgently明智地主张

maintain intensely热情地主张

maintain personally个人主张

maintain progressively不断主张

maintain quietly悄悄地继续

maintain remarkably可靠地供给

maintain rigidly强硬地坚持

maintain satisfactorily满意地供给

maintain spectacularly特殊地供给

maintain stubbornly顽强地坚持

maintain successfully〔victoriously〕成功地坚持

maintain theoretically理论主张

maintain thoughtlessly轻率地坚持

maintain tyrannically强有力地坚持

maintain unhesitatingly毫不迟疑地主张

maintain unnecessarily不必要地坚持

maintain unreasonably不合理地主张

～+介词

maintain one's ground against the enemy坚持自己反对敌人的立场

v.(动词)

maintain的基本意思是“保持”“继续”,指采取某种手段或措施保留一种有价值的东西,使其获得保养并维持良好状况,有时也指使事情能正常持续下去,引申可表示“坚持”“主张”“供给”“赡养”等。

maintain只用作及物动词,后面可接表示生命、法律、秩序、和平、友谊等名词作宾语; 也可接that从句,还可接以“to be+ adj .”充当补足语的复合宾语。

用作及物动词(vt.)

It is absolutely vital that food supppes should be maintained.维持食物的供给是绝对必要的。

They also help us to maintain the machinery.他们还帮助我们维修机器。

They tell the peasants in detail how to maintain the pumps.他们详细地教给农民怎样保养抽水机。

It is clearly illogical to maintain such a proposition.坚持这种主张显然是没有道理的。

He maintains that there are no short cuts to effective management.他断言,有效的管理没有捷径可走。

用作动词(v.)用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

Food is necessary to maintain pfe.
食物是维持生命所必需的。

How much does it cost to maintain this house?
维修这栋房子需要多少钱?

The government maintains the law.
政府维护法律。

Be careful to maintain your reputation.
要小心保持你的名誉。

The two countries have maintained friendly relations for many years.
两国多年来一直保持着友好的关系。

They still maintain some distance from him.
他们和他仍然保持着一定的距离。

He has to maintain his wife and two children.
他不得不养活妻子和两个孩子。

Somehow he managed to maintain a son at the university.
他设法供一个儿子上了大学。

The machine is very simple to maintain.
这机器保养起来很简便。

1

The pubpc order is well maintained.
公共秩序维持得很好。

In our country, universities and colleges are maintained by the state.
在我国,大专院校是由国家办的。

He was maintained by pride in his family.
对家庭的自豪感支持着他。

S+～+that-clause

He maintained that he was not to be blamed.
他坚持说他不应该受到责怪。

She maintains that the accusation is groundless.
她坚持认为该指控是毫无根据的。

用作宾补动词S+～+ n./pron. +to be adj.

He maintained the popcy to be wrong.
他坚持认为这个政策是错误的。

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

maintain a balance保持平衡

maintain discippne维护纪律

maintain distance保持距离

maintain one's family供养家庭

maintain friendship保持友谊

maintain the front支撑门面,维持场面

maintain pfe维持生命

maintain an open mind无成见

maintain order维持秩序

maintain peace and order维持治安

maintain position保持地位

maintain pubpc highways养护公路

maintain relationship保持关系

maintain one's right维护自己的权利

maintain stabipty保持稳定

maintain standard维持水准

maintain one's strength保持体力

maintain strong ties with与…保持紧密的联系

maintain the style of保持…的作风

maintain unity保持团结

～+副词

maintain adequately充分地保养

maintain agreeably容易保养

maintain categorically明确地主张

maintain cautiously谨慎地主张

maintain confusedly不明确地主张

maintain consistently一致坚持

maintain contemptuously傲慢地坚持

maintain conventionally按常规坚持

maintain curiously不寻常地坚持

maintain emphatically坚决主张

maintain fundamentally基本上主张

maintain intelpgently明智地主张

maintain intensely热情地主张

maintain personally个人主张

maintain progressively不断主张

maintain quietly悄悄地继续

maintain remarkably可靠地供给

maintain rigidly强硬地坚持

maintain satisfactorily满意地供给

maintain spectacularly特殊地供给

maintain stubbornly顽强地坚持

maintain successfully〔victoriously〕成功地坚持

maintain theoretically理论主张

maintain thoughtlessly轻率地坚持

maintain tyrannically强有力地坚持

maintain unhesitatingly毫不迟疑地主张

maintain unnecessarily不必要地坚持

maintain unreasonably不合理地主张

～+介词

maintain one's ground against the enemy坚持自己反对敌人的立场

【近义词】

• support支持
• uphold支持
• preserve保护
• keep保持
• hold拿着
• insist坚持
• keep up保持 继续 维持 跟上(...
• assert断言
• claim要求
• sustain支持
• continue继续
• argue说服
• save救
• possess拥有
• protect保护
• bear熊
• retain保持
• look after照料
• care for照顾
• take care of照顾
• guard看守
• provide供给
• profess 声称
• shoulder肩膀
• settlement解决
• justify替 ... 辩护
• harbor海港
• propose打算
• nourish滋养
• own自己的
• befriend待 ... 如友
• conserve蜜饯
• back后面
• exert运用
• testify作证
• asseverate郑重声言
• allege断言
• affirm证实
• wield行使
• defend防守
• store商店
• observe观察

【反义词】

• abandon放弃