retain
英検2級・TOEFL・大学受験保持する・保つ、保持する。記憶・水分・熱を
意味
- …を持ち続ける,保持する
- …を記憶にとどめる,覚えている
- (報酬を払って)〈弁護士など〉を抱えておく
例文
If you use a computer, you can retain information.
コンピューターを使えば情報を保持することができる。
This town still retains something of the old days.
この町はいまだに昔の面影をとどめている。
These dishes don't retain heat very well.
この皿ではあまり熱を保てない。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From 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;…