vt.保持；保留；記住；聘請(qǐng)

His speech could not retain the interest of his audience. 他的講話(huà)不能保持住聽(tīng)眾的興趣。

I will retain my right. 我將保留我的權(quán)力。

She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain matters. 她記憶力好,很容易記住事情。

He retained the best lawyer in the state to defend his case. 他為他的案子聘了該州最好的律師。

retain作“保留,保存,保持”解時(shí)是較為正式的用語(yǔ),含有不失去的意味,指繼續(xù)“保持”或“保存”某事物。可用于指保留貴重的物品,老人保持活力,記憶中保持一定的事實(shí)等。

retain是及物動(dòng)詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ)。可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。retain還可作“擋住”解。