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　　maintain v.①维修，保养;②维持，保持;③坚持，主张，支持
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　　Practice (or review) tends to build and maintain (②) memory for a task or for any learned material.[1995年阅读5] 【例句精译】 实践(或称复习)就是建立并保持对某一任务或所学材料的记忆。
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　　George Annas, chair of the health law department at Boston University, maintains (③) that, as long as a doctor prescribes a drug for a legitimate medical purpose, the doctor has done nothing illegal even if the patient uses the drug to hasten death.[2002年阅读4]