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maintainable

/meyn-teyn/US // meɪnˈteɪn //UK // (meɪnˈteɪn) //

可维护的,可维护,可维持的,可维持

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
    • : to keep in an appropriate condition, operation, or force; keep unimpaired: to maintain order; to maintain public highways.
    • : to keep in a specified state, position, etc.: to maintain a correct posture; to maintain good health.
    • : to affirm; assert; declare: He maintained that the country was going downhill.
    • : to support in speech or argument, as a statement or proposition.
    • : to keep or hold against attack: to maintain one's ground.
    • : to provide for the upkeep or support of; carry the expenses of: to maintain a family.
    • : to sustain or support: not enough water to maintain life.

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Examples

  • We just need to see if it maintains above, at or near that level and if so for how long.

  • In July, Laura Kelly, the Democratic governor of Kansas, issued a mandate requiring everyone in public places to wear a mask where 6 feet of social distancing couldn’t be maintained.

  • Every PS5 owner has the same machine and no one ever expects you to crack it open and swap out parts to try and maintain credibility on the message boards.

  • He had always maintained a deep interest in space, however, and by 2017 when he began to look around for something else to do, he returned to those dreams.

  • These are things you can buy and bring home, which do not require a refrigerator or freezer to maintain their quality.

  • The chief-justice said that the action was not maintainable, as the status of slavery did not exist in England.

  • Actions in the nature of bills of peace are still maintainable.

  • But these were not as broad foundations as the old; nor were they easily expansible, or even maintainable.

  • Here, again, the real question is, How far is such a distinction maintainable in fact?

  • Where there was a garnishment given touching a plea of land, a writ of deceit is also maintainable.