Retain and restrain
retain英 [rɪˈteɪn] 美 [rɪˈteɪn]
v. 保持，保留；保存，储存；记住；付定金聘定（尤指律师）；留用（员工）
[ 第三人称单数 retains 现在分词 retaining 过去式 retained 过去分词 retained ]
短语
retain one's love for sb 保持对某人的爱 ; 坚持对某人的爱
retain button 玻璃钮扣
Retain Count 引用计数 ; 持有计数 ; 设置保留值数量
retain [ ri'tein ]
v.hold within"This soil retains water"; "I retain this drug for a long time"
allow to remain in a place or position"She retains a lawyer"
同义词： continue keep， keep on ，keep going
secure and keep for possible future use or application"The landlord retained the security deposit"
同义词： hold keep back hold back
keep in one's mind"I cannot retain so much information"
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
retain /rɪˈteɪn/ CET4 TEM4 ( retaining, retained, retains )
1. V-T To retain something means to continue to have that thing. 保留 [正式]
例：The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere.
那家商店内部依然保持着19世纪的格调。
同近义词同根词词语辨析
vt. 保持；雇；记住keep up , to keep
词根： retain
n.retainer 保持器；家臣；保持者；[机] 护圈；预付费用
conserve, reserve, retain, withhold, preserve, keep
这组词都有“保持，保存”的意思，其区别是：
conserve 一般指保存自然资源，保全人的精力、力量等。
reserve 正式用词，指为了将来的用途或其他用途而保存、保留。
retain 指继续保持。
withhold 指扣住不放，暗示有阻碍。
preserve 主要指为防止损害、变质等而保存。
keep 最常用词，指长时间牢固地保持或保存。
以上来源于网络
双语例句原声例句权威例句
He struggled to retain control of the situation.
他曾努力保持对局势的控制。
She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain facts.
她记忆力好，很容易记住事情。
Daily facial exercises help to retain the skin's elasticity.
每日的面部运动有助于保持皮肤弹性。
restrain
英 [rɪˈstreɪn] 美 [rɪˈstreɪn]
v. 制止，阻止；克制，抑制；控制（某事物）；剥夺……的行动自由（或人身自由），管押；（安全带）缚住（人或其身体部位）
[ 第三人称单数 restrains 现在分词 restraining 过去式 restrained 过去分词 restrained ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
restrain /rɪˈstreɪn/ CET4 TEM4 ( restraining, restrained, restrains )
1. V-T If you restrain someone, you stop them from doing what they intended or wanted to do, usually by using your physical strength. 制止
例：Wally gripped my arm, partly to restrain me and partly to reassure me.
沃利抓住了我的胳膊，部分是想制止我，部分是想安慰我。
2. V-T If you restrain an emotion or you restrain yourself from doing something, you prevent yourself from showing that emotion or doing what you wanted or intended to do. 抑制
例：She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.
她无法抑制她那不顾一切的愤怒。
3. V-T To restrain something that is growing or increasing means to prevent it from getting too large. 限制
例：The radical 500-day plan was very clear on how it intended to try to restrain inflation.
这项激进的500天计划在其想要如何试图限制通货膨胀上是非常清晰的。
She was unable to restrain her desperate anger.
她无法抑制她那不顾一切的愤怒。
The government is taking steps to restrain inflation.
政府正在采取措施控制通货膨胀。
They couldn't restrain their excitement.
他们无法抑制自己的激动。
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