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

• The user retains control of his credit card and personal information locally.
  用户在本地获得对其信用卡和个人信息的控制。
• 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。
• 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》）
• 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。
• He still retains the revolutionary fervour of the war years.
  他还保留着战争年代的革命朝气。
• 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。
• The customer retains the authority over his plant.
  客户保留了他的工厂的权力。
• 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。
• For example,$ HOME is a special environment variable that retains the location of your home directory.
  例如，$HOME是一个特殊的环境变量，它保存了您的home目录的位置。
• It retains the original structure of the XML document.
  它保留了XML文档的原始结构。