retained

英 [rɪˈteɪnd]

美 [rɪˈteɪnd]

v. 保持; 持有; 保留; 继续拥有; 继续容纳; 聘请(律师等)
retain的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：retained　过去式：retained　

BNC.19579 / COCA.27863

柯林斯词典

VERB 保留;保持;保存
Toretainsomething means to continue to have that thing.
1. The interior of the shop still retains a nineteenth-century atmosphere...
  这家商店的内部装修仍然保留着19世纪的风格。
2. He retains a deep respect for the profession...
  他对这个职业仍然深怀敬意。
3. Other countries retained their traditional and habitual ways of doing things...
  其他国家仍然保持着他们做事的传统和习惯。
4. If left covered in a warm place, this rice will retain its heat for a good hour.
  如果加盖放在暖和的地方，这些米饭可以保温足足一个小时。
VERB 预聘，付定金聘请（律师）
If youretaina lawyer, you pay him or her a fee to make sure that he or she will represent you when your case comes before the court.
1. He decided to retain him for the trial.
  他决定聘请他为出庭律师。

adj

continued in your keeping or use or memory
1. in...the retained pattern of dancers and guests remembered
Synonym:maintained

The salad greens, prepared an hour ago, had retained their crispness.
一个钟头前做好的凉拌蔬菜仍然鲜嫩可口。
They laid down the crown, and retained no aureole.
他们放下了冠冕，却没有保留光轮。
The data of limit positions and characteristics are stored and are retained even if the battery is disconnected.
即使蓄电池断开，仍可保留和保存极限位置数据和特征数据。
Database and log backups can be retained for a specified period.
数据库和日志备份可以保留一段指定时间。
The commonly used infrastructure and technical services ownership is retained by the SOA COE.
SOACOE保留了常用的基础结构和技术服务的所有权。
The European states retained a latent capability to menace Britain's own security.
欧洲国家仍具有威胁英国自身安全的潜在能力。
The square retained its original shape and style after renovation.
广场修缮后规制未变。
He said he retained immense regard and esteem for the prime minister.
他说他一直极其尊重和敬仰首相。
That could be filled through retained earnings and sales of other non-core assets.
这个缺口可以通过留存收益和出售其他非核心资产来弥补。
Distributions to shareholders are limited by the amount of retained earnings and other capital specified by state law.
对股东的分配限制在留存收益的数额和州公司法具体规定的其他资本之内。