v.保持( maintain的现在分词 );保养;坚持;保卫;
例句:
Maintaining world peace is our unshirkable internationalist duty.
维护世界和平是我们义不容辞的国际主义义务.
There is a price to be paid for maintaining these safeguards.
维持这些防范措施是要付出代价的.
He wished to make the most of the occasion, maintaining the suspense.
他想充分利用这场合, 保持这紧张的局面.