英语词汇“retain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	retain
释义	re·tain \rə̇ˈtān, rēˈ-\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English reteinen, retainen, from Middle French retenir, from Old French, from Latin retinēre, from re- + -tinēre (from tenēre to hold) — more at thin *transitive verb* 1. obsolete : restrain, prevent 2. a. : to hold or continue to hold in possession or use : continue to have, use, recognize, or accept : maintain in one's keeping < a person does not always retain his human form or qualities — Frederica de Laguna > < some of the terms are retained today because of constant use — R.L.Whistler > < retained his seat on the bench of the Supreme Court — T.P.Abernethy > b. : to keep in pay or in one's service < was retained to make a survey of operations of the agency — Current Biography > < retains the clinic to examine all its employees — Stuart Chase > specifically : to employ (a lawyer) by paying a preliminary fee that secures a prior claim upon services in case of need c. : to keep in mind or memory : remember < each of the principals in his way has retained the imprint of a hideous scene — Sylvia Berkman > 3. : to hold secure or intact (as in a fixed place or condition) : prevent escape, loss, leakage, or detachment of < the habit of chewing betel leaf and retaining the cud against the mucous lining of the cheek — New York Times Magazine > < available water which could be … retained by small dams — F.J.R.Rodd > < modern mammals … retained the egg within the body after fertilization — Weston La Barre > *intransitive verb* obsolete : to serve as a retainer : belong, pertain Synonyms: see keep
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