retains

英 [rɪˈteɪnz]

美 [rɪˈteɪnz]

v.  保持; 持有; 保留; 继续拥有; 继续容纳; 聘请(律师等)
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柯林斯词典

• VERB 保留;保持;保存
  Toretainsomething means to continue to have that thing.
  1. The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere...
     这家商店的内部装修仍然保留着19世纪的风格。
  2. He retains a deep respect for the profession...
     他对这个职业仍然深怀敬意。
  3. Other countries retained their traditional and habitual ways of doing things...
     其他国家仍然保持着他们做事的传统和习惯。
  4. If left covered in a warm place, this rice will retain its heat for a good hour.
     如果加盖放在暖和的地方，这些米饭可以保温足足一个小时。
• VERB 预聘，付定金聘请（律师）
  If youretaina lawyer, you pay him or her a fee to make sure that he or she will represent you when your case comes before the court.
  1. He decided to retain him for the trial.
     他决定聘请他为出庭律师。

双语例句

• He reminds us that although time passes and environments change, humanity retains its inherent qualities.
  他提醒了我们尽管时间流逝，环境更迭，人性却一直保持着其固有品质。
• She retains her slim figure and is free of wrinkles
  她保持着苗条的身材，脸上也没有皱纹。
• He retains a faith in human goodness.
  他依然相信人是善良的。
• Instead one retains power based upon spiritual mastery and evolution of field.
  反之，他将在灵性掌控和场进化的基础上保持力量。
• Gold retains its lustre for far longer than other metals
  黄金保持其原有光泽的时间较其他金属要长得多。
• The mortgagor retains legal title to the land.
  抵押人保留着对土地的法律上的所有权。
• The snapshot retains the same permissions as the original file system.
  快照会保留与原始文件系统相同的权限。
• It retains the original structure of the XML document.
  它保留了XML文档的原始结构。
• This soil retains water; I retain this drug for a long time.
  土壤保留水分；我保留这药很久了。
• He still retains the revolutionary fervour of the war years.
  他还保留着战争年代的革命朝气。