| 单词 | retention |
| 释义 | retention (once / 3157 pages) n You can use retention to mean the ability to keep or hold. If you have extraordinary powers of retention, you remember everything you hear or learn. Are your ankles ever swollen after a long flight? This comes from the lack of movement which can cause the retention of water. The roots of the word, Latin re- "back" and tenere "to hold," say it all. You often use the word in the military or business contexts to talk about keeping soldiers, or employees, from leaving. If you're lucky, they might offer you a retention bonus to prevent you from quitting. WORD FAMILYretention: retentions+/retain: retained, retainer, retaining, retains, retention, retentive/retainer: retainers/retentive: retentively, retentiveness, retentivity, unretentive USAGE EXAMPLESIt does not include a “retention award” of more than $200,000. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Retention rates at the company are high, and management tends to promote from within. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) “The focus is retention. The system talks a lot about housing people, which is what we’re doing,” Turner said. Washington Times(Dec 24, 2016) 1n the act of retaining something Syn|Hypo|Hyper holding, keeping withholding the act of holding back or keeping within your possession or control storagethe act of storing something filingpreservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc. ownership, possession the act of having and controlling property 2n the power of retaining liquid Syn|Hypo|Hyper retentiveness, retentivity urinary retention holding urine in the urinary bladder impermeability, impermeableness the property of something that cannot be pervaded by a liquid 3n the power of retaining and recalling past experience Syn|Hypo|Hyper memory, retentiveness, retentivity anamnesis, recollection, remembrance the ability to recall past occurrences faculty, mental faculty, module one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind |
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