vt.保持；保留；記住；聘請

His speech could not retain the interest of his audience. 他的講話不能保持住聽眾的興趣。

I will retain my right. 我將保留我的權力。

Does it retain the key elements of the original story? 它是否保留了原作的關鍵要素?

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”解時是較為正式的用語,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等。

retain是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。可用于被動結構。retain還可作“擋住”解。