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If you maintain something, you continue to have it, and do not let it stop or grow weaker. 保持
verb [vt. 及物动词] 保持，维持；维修，保养；断言，主张；赡养，抚养；<旧>支持，维护
After the divorce, their father still maintained close contact with the boys. 离婚后，他们的父亲仍和儿子们保持着密切联系。
main(手) + tain(拿) → 用手牢牢拿住 → 维持， 保持
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- He has maintained that the money was donated for international purposes. 他坚持说这笔钱是出于国际目的而捐助的。
- ...the basic costs of maintaining a child. …供养一个孩子的基本费用。
- The government struggled to maintain law and order. 政府努力维持治安。
- "Not all feminism has to be like this," Jo maintains. 乔坚持认为，“并非所有的女权运动都得像这样。”
- The house costs a fortune to maintain. 维修这房子花费巨大。
- The government was right to maintain interest rates at a high level. 该政府将利率维持在一个高的层面是正确的。