| 单词 | retain |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ri'tein] |
| 解释 | v.保留，保持；留住 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 保留，保持 ( keep possession of);留住( hold in place) 【考】 反义词：discard(扔 掉) 【记】 re（回）+tain（拿） →拿回来→保留 |
| 字源 | retain (v.) late 14c., "hold back, restrain;" c.1400, "continue keeping, keep possession of," from Old French retenir "keep, retain; take into feudal service; hold back; remember" (12c.), from Latin retinere "hold back, keep back, detain, restrain," from re- "back" (see re-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "keep (another) attached to one's person, keep in service" is from mid-15c.; specifically of lawyers from 1540s. Meaning "keep in the mind" is from c.1500. Related: Retained; retaining. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 保留; 留住 【记】re反复, tain拿－反复拿住－保留 【参】retention(n 保持力); retentive(adj 保持的; 有记忆力的) 【反】discard(v 放弃) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】re 反复 + tain hold, maintain 维持 【相关】abstain 禁绝 放弃，attain 得到 获得，detain 拘留 延迟 阻止，maintain 维持，维修，obtain 得到，pertain 属于，有关，适合，retain 保持 保留，sustain 支撑 维持， |
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