maintain

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v 维持；抚养；坚持；维修

记忆： main(手) + tain(拿住) → 用手牢牢握住 → 维持， 保持

例句：Careers Officers maintain contact with young people when they have left school.（年轻人离开学校以后，职业指导员和他们保持联系。）；Britain wants to maintain its position as a world power.（英国想保持其世界强国的地位。）

派生：maintainable；maintenance；maintainer

短语：maintain in；maintain order；maintain world peace

同近：pursue；submit；sustain；advocate；service