retain
Often followed by from: to hold backOften followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
» We had to retain a lawyer.
Нам пришлось нанять адвоката.
Значение
значений: 20(переходный)Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
hold back within
Often followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
(переходный)To hold back (a pupil) instead of allowing them to advance to the next class or year; to keep back.
sitzen bleiben
(переходный)Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
water retained by a dam
keep in one's mind
Of a thing: to hold or keep (something) inside it; to contain.
(переходный)To hold back (tissue or a substance, especially urine) in the body or a body organ.
(переходный)To hold (something) secure; to prevent (something) from becoming detached or separated.
festhalten
(переходный)To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back.
To keep (something) in control or possession; to continue having (something); to keep back.
(переходный)To keep (something) in the mind; to recall, to remember.
(переходный)To keep (something) in place or use, instead of removing or abolishing it; to preserve.
secure and keep for possible future use or application
(переходный)To engage or hire (someone), especially temporarily.
To engage or hire (someone), especially temporarily.
(переходный)To employ (someone, especially a lawyer) by paying a retainer (“fee one pays to reserve another person's time for services”); specifically, to engage (a barrister) by making an initial payment to secure their services if needed.
нанима́тьnanimátʹ
(переходный)To keep (someone) in one's pay or service; also, (chiefly historical) to maintain (someone) as a dependent or follower.
(возвратное, переходный)To control or restrain (oneself); to exercise self-control over (oneself).
Примеры
предложений: 52We had to retain a lawyer.
Нам пришлось нанять адвоката.
Goose down retains the heat.
Гусиный пух хорошо сохраняет тепло.
Unlike his sister, he has retained the religious faith his parents brought him up in.
В отличие от своей сестры он сохранил религиозную веру, в которой его воспитали родители.
These dishes don't retain heat very well.
The nation retained suzerainty over the territory.
Переводы
языков: 7По значениям 2
По значениям 3
Происхождение
From Late Middle English reteinen, retein (“to continue to keep, retain; to continue to poFrom Late Middle English reteinen, retein (“to continue to keep, retain; to continue to possess; to possess; to contain; to draw back, retire; to hold back, restrain; to keep in mind, remember; to take back, repossess; to appoint; to engage in one’s service, employ, hire”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman reteiner, retenir [and other forms], Middle French retenir, and Old French retenir (“to keep back, retain; to keep, maintain, preserve; to possess; to engage in one’s service, employ; to detain; to hold back, restrain; to remember”) (modern French retenir), from Vulgar Latin *retinīre, from Latin retinēre, the present active infinitive of retineō (“to keep or hold back, detain, retain; to hold in check, stop; to hold fast, maintain; to keep in mind, remember”) (compare Late Latin retineō (“to keep engaged in one’s service”)), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + teneō (“to grasp, hold; to hold fast, restrain; to possess; to keep in mind, remember”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to extend, stretch”)).
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Формы
retains, retaining, retained, retainedСинонимы
синонимов: 6Антонимы
антонимов: 1Однокоренные
связанных слов: 25Уроки к слову
уроков: 3- A1Present Simple: настоящее простое время — Потому что это глагол
- A1Past Simple: правильные глаголы — Потому что у него есть форма прошедшего времени
- A2Present Perfect: введение — Потому что у него есть причастие прошедшего времени