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retainer n.保持者；仆人；定位器[牙科]牙架.n.（律师、顾问等的）聘金 (1) 他家里的那位仆人很诚实。 Professionals like lawyers or consultants are paid a retainer, which is a fee. The retainer ensures that they will be available to work for you when you need them. You will often pay an hourly rate on top of the retainer once the lawyer or consultant has worked enough hours for you to use up the retainer fee you paid.

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英 [rɪ'teɪnə(r)] 美 [rɪ'teɪnər] (1) The retainer in his family was very honest. A retainer is something that holds something else in place. After your braces are removed, a retainer keeps your teeth from moving out of their new perfect position. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]定金；预付金 A retainer is a fee that you pay to someone in order to make sure that they will be available to do work for you if you need them to. I'll need a five-hundred-dollar retainer...我将收取500美元的定金。Liz was being paid a regular monthly retainer.利兹每月得到一笔预付金。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]（服务多年的）仆人，家仆 A servant who has been with one family for a long time can be referred to as a retainer . I found the gardener, a family retainer, morosely surveying the scene.我发现这个园丁——家里一个服侍多年的仆人，愁眉苦脸地审视着这个场景。

英语单词	retainer
英美音标	英 [rɪ'teɪnə(r)] 美 [rɪ'teɪnər]
中文释义	n.保持者；仆人；定位器 [牙科]牙架. n.（律师、顾问等的）聘金
英语例句	(1) The retainer in his family was very honest.
中文例句	(1) 他家里的那位仆人很诚实。
vocabulary简明	A retainer is something that holds something else in place. After your braces are removed, a retainer keeps your teeth from moving out of their new perfect position.
vocabulary扩展	Professionals like lawyers or consultants are paid a retainer, which is a fee. The retainer ensures that they will be available to work for you when you need them. You will often pay an hourly rate on top of the retainer once the lawyer or consultant has worked enough hours for you to use up the retainer fee you paid.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]定金；预付金 A retainer is a fee that you pay to someone in order to make sure that they will be available to do work for you if you need them to. I'll need a five-hundred-dollar retainer... 我将收取500美元的定金。 Liz was being paid a regular monthly retainer. 利兹每月得到一笔预付金。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（服务多年的）仆人，家仆 A servant who has been with one family for a long time can be referred to as a retainer . I found the gardener, a family retainer, morosely surveying the scene. 我发现这个园丁——家里一个服侍多年的仆人，愁眉苦脸地审视着这个场景。

Retainer Family Paid Work Pay Fee N Count 可数名词