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📖 Определения и значения для слова maintain

📒 to make something continue at the same level, standard, etc.

  • to maintain law and order/standards/a balance/control
  • ANU has maintained its position as Australia's top university.
  • The two countries have always maintained close relations.

📒 to keep a building, a machine, etc. in good condition by checking or repairing it regularly

  • The house is large and difficult to maintain.
  • a poorly maintained central heating system
  • I do a lot of mechanical work and I maintain my own car.

📒 to support somebody/something over a long period of time by giving money, paying for food, etc.

  • Her income was barely enough to maintain one child, let alone three.
  • His priority is to maintain and protect his family.
  • At that time it was assumed that a man would maintain his wife.

📒 to keep stating that something is true, even though other people do not agree or do not believe it

  • maintain (that)… The men maintained (that) they were out of the country when the crime was committed.
  • It is difficult to maintain that such a harsh punishment was justified.
  • maintain something She has always maintained her innocence.
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