[われまどりろん, waremadoriron] (n) broken windows theory; criminological theory stating that serious crime can be prevented by maintaining the good physical condition of an urban environment [Add to Longdo]
[しついたいぜん, shitsuitaizen] (adj-t, adv-to) (arch) keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity [Add to Longdo]
[とくいたんぜん(uK), tokuitanzen (uK)] (adj-t, adv-to) (arch) not letting oneself puffed up by one's success; maintaining a serene state of mind when one has achieved a great success [Add to Longdo]
[ほぞん, hozon] saving (vs) (e.g. to disk), storing, preserving, conserving, maintaining, keeping [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (1 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Maintain \Main*tain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Maintained}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Maintaining}.] [OE. maintenen, F. maintenir,
properly, to hold by the hand; main hand (L. manus) + F.
tenir to hold (L. tenere). See {Manual}, and Tenable.]
1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to
support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer
to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of
heat in a furnace; to maintain a fence or a railroad; to
maintain the digestive process or powers of the stomach;
to maintain the fertility of soil; to maintain present
reputation.
[1913 Webster]
2. To keep possession of; to hold and defend; not to
surrender or relinquish.
[1913 Webster]
God values . . . every one as he maintains his post.
--Grew.
[1913 Webster]
3. To continue; not to suffer to cease or fail.
[1913 Webster]
Maintain talk with the duke. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. To bear the expense of; to support; to keep up; to supply
with what is needed.
[1913 Webster]
Glad, by his labor, to maintain his life.
--Stirling.
[1913 Webster]
What maintains one vice would bring up two children.
--Franklin.
[1913 Webster]
5. To affirm; to support or defend by argument.
[1913 Webster]
It is hard to maintain the truth, but much harder to
be maintained by it. --South.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: To assert; vindicate; allege. See {Assert}.
[1913 Webster]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
