maintains

常見例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作及物動詞: S+～+ n./pron.

• Food is necessary to maintain life.
  食物是維持生命所必需的。
• How much does it cost to maintain this house?
  維修這棟房子需要多少錢?
• The government maintains the law.
  政府維護法律。
• Be careful to maintain your reputation.
  要小心保持你的名譽。
• The two countries have maintained friendly relations for many years.
  兩國多年來一直保持著友好的關系。
• They still maintain some distance from him.
  他們和他仍然保持著一定的距離。
• He has to maintain his wife and two children.
  他不得不養(yǎng)活妻子和兩個孩子。
• Somehow he managed to maintain a son at the university.
  他設法供一個兒子上了大學。
• The machine is very simple to maintain.
  這機器保養(yǎng)起來很簡便。
• The public order is well maintained.
  公共秩序維持得很好。
• In our country, universities and colleges are maintained by the state.
  在我國,大專院校是由國家辦的。
• He was maintained by pride in his family.
  對家庭的自豪感支持著他。

S+～+that-clause

• He maintained that he was not to be blamed.
  他堅持說他不應該受到責怪。
• She maintains that the accusation is groundless.
  她堅持認為該指控是毫無根據的。

用作賓補動詞: S+～+ n./pron. +to be adj.

• He maintained the policy to be wrong.
  他堅持認為這個政策是錯誤的。

用作及物動詞 (vt.)

• It is absolutely vital that food supplies should be maintained.
  維持食物的供給是絕對必要的。
• They also help us to maintain the machinery.
  他們還幫助我們維修機器。
• They tell the peasants in detail how to maintain the pumps.
  他們詳細地教給農民怎樣保養(yǎng)抽水機。
• It is clearly illogical to maintain such a proposition.
  堅持這種主張顯然是沒有道理的。
• He maintains that there are no short cuts to effective management.
  他斷言,有效的管理沒有捷徑可走。
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