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

• This retains the modularity discovered while writing and refining manual tests.
  这保留了在书写和细化人工测试时所发现的模块性。
• A great man is one who retains the heart of a newborn babe.
  大人者，不失其赤子之心者也。（《孟子》）
• It retains the original structure of the XML document.
  它保留了XML文档的原始结构。
• 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。
• 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 new version trades memory for time because it retains intermediate computations for later use.
  新的版本用内存换来了时间上的节省，因为它保留了中间的计算以便以后使用。
• Interestingly, the System z retains backward compatibility with the older System/ 360 line.
  有趣的是，Systemz保留了对之前的System/360产品线的向后兼容性。
• Another advantage of XML is that it retains the data's structure in transit.
  XML的另一个优点是，它在数据传输过程中可以保留数据的结构。
• Today the city still retains its traditional layout.
  今天，这个城市仍然保留了传统的布局。
• He retains a faith in human goodness.
  他依然相信人是善良的。