maintained

1. VERB 维持;保持
   If you maintain something, you continue to have it, and do not let it stop or grow weaker.
   1. The Department maintains many close contacts with the chemical industry...
      这个部门与化工行业保持着众多密切的联系。
   2. Push yourself to make friends and to maintain the friendships.
      要求自己与人交友并保持友谊。
   3. ...the emergency powers to try to maintain law and order.
      维持法律秩序的应急权力
2. VERB 断言;宣称;坚称
   If you say that someone maintains that something is true, you mean that they have stated their opinion strongly but not everyone agrees with them or believes them.
   1. He has maintained that the money was donated for international purposes...
      他坚称这笔捐款将用于国际用途。
   2. Prosecutors maintain no deal was made...
      原告坚持说不存在任何交易。
   3. 'Not all feminism has to be like this,' Jo maintains...
      “女性主义不必全然如此，”乔断言。
   4. He had always maintained his innocence.
      他始终坚称自己是无辜的。
3. VERB 保持，维持（在某一比率或水平上）
   If you maintain something at a particular rate or level, you keep it at that rate or level.
   1. The government was right to maintain interest rates at a high level.
      政府维持高利率的做法是正确的。
   2. ...action is required to ensure standards are maintained at as high a level as possible.
      要求采取行动确保标准维持在尽量高的水平上。
4. VERB 维修;保养
   If you maintain a road, building, vehicle, or machine, you keep it in good condition by regularly checking it and repairing it when necessary.
   1. ...a tough campaign to force authorities to maintain roads properly...
      迫使当局妥善维修道路的艰难斗争
   2. The house costs a fortune to maintain...
      维修这幢房子花销不菲。
   3. The cars are getting older and less well-maintained.
      车越来越旧，保养得也越来越差。
5. VERB 供养;赡养
   If you maintain someone, you provide them with money and other things that they need.
   1. He should pay and maintain you as well.
      他得给你钱，还得供养你。
   2. ...the basic costs of maintaining a child.
      抚养一个孩子的基本费用

1. The married women of Shitamachi maintained the custom of blackening their teeth
   下町的已婚女性还保留着把牙齿涂黑的习俗。
2. He maintained that he was protecting himself from Mr Cox, who came at him with an axe.
   他坚持说当时考克斯先生拿着斧头向他冲过来，他是在自卫。
3. The determinist doctrines in question maintained that certain people were born to be slaves.
   这里所说的决定论信条坚称一些人天生就是奴隶。
4. She steadfastly maintained that her grandsons were innocent, and nothing could dissuade her from that belief
   她坚持认为她孙子是无辜的，什么都不能改变她这一看法。
5. She has maintained that the General had foreknowledge of the plot.
   她坚称将军已经预先知晓了这个阴谋。
6. Fourthly, the natural enthusiasm of the student teachers should be maintained.
   第四点，实习教师本来的热情应该得到保持。
7. The company has maintained its reputation as the developing ground for new techniques
   该公司一直享有新技术研发基地的美誉。
8. The panel says the ground rules for the current talks should be maintained.
   专家组称目前会谈的基本原则应该保持不变。
9. Mr Matthews maintained that he had done nothing improper.
   马修斯先生坚称他没有做过非法的事情。
10. Crowley maintained a stream of invective and abuse against Waite.
    克劳利连珠炮似的对韦特骂个不停。
11. Control of materials could be maintained by locking up bombs.
    把炸弹锁起妥藏可实现对物资的控制。
12. He has maintained that the money was donated for international purposes
    他坚称这笔捐款将用于国际用途。
13. He had always maintained his innocence.
    他始终坚称自己是无辜的。
14. Periodic checks are taken to ensure that high standards are maintained.
    定期检查以确保维持高水准。
15. He maintained that he learned everything he knew from his predecessor Kenneth Sisam.
    他坚称他所知道的一切都获自前任肯尼思·赛瑟姆。
16. The current level of service will be maintained except that the evening 'Network Express' trains will be withdrawn.
    除了“铁网特快”夜班列车将会停开外，目前的运营线路会保持下去。
17. He had maintained a rigid diet, shedding some twenty pounds.
    他严格地坚持节食，减了差不多20磅。
18. The diet should be maintained unchanged for about a year
    这样的饮食应保持约一年不变。
19. They have maintained a consistently neutral stance
    他们一直持中立态度。
20. I have children to support, money to be earned, and a home to be maintained
    我要抚养孩子，挣钱养家。
21. I didn't want to be typecast and I think I've maintained a large variety in the roles I've played
    我不想老是扮演同一类型的角色，我认为自己塑造的形象已经保持了相当的多样性。
22. If the machinery were not maintained properly, It would get rusty as time passes.
    机器要不好好养护，久而久之就要生锈。
23. The visiting team maintained a powerful offensive.
    客队攻势凌厉。
24. The depth of the river is maintained by dredging.
    通过疏浚保持河道的深度。
25. The officials maintained a wall of silence around the talks.
    官员们对于会谈情况保持缄默。
26. Some officials claimed to unhook connections with the companies but still maintained close ties on the sly.
    某些干部口称已跟公司脱钩，可暗中仍然保持联系。
27. I maintained that it was wrong.
    我认定这是错的。
28. They, however, maintained a distance from us.
    然而他们（在思想感情上）与我们仍有距离。
29. Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.
    机器应该随时注意维护。
30. 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。

adj

1. kept in good condition

   Synonym:    kept up(p)well-kept

2. continued in your keeping or use or memory
   1. in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered

   Synonym:    retained