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continue to have，persist，hold back，keep back，hold ；

[例句] 他强烈要求保留北大西洋公约组织以维护和平。 He argues strongly for retention of NATO as a guarantee of peace.

[例句] 她保留了许多副本以便作进一步的注解。 She retained a number of copies for further annotation.

detain，hold in custody，intern，detention，custody ；

[例句] 这将意味着更多候审犯人会被拘押在警局拘留室。 This will mean more remand prisoners being held in police cells.

[例句] 被拘留者抱怨提供的食物不堪下咽。 Detainees complained of being given food which is inedible.

be detained，be held up，retention，hold-up，resort ；

[例句] 她因雾在布鲁塞尔滞留了好几个小时。 She spent hours fogbound in Brussels.

[例句] 机场被迫关闭，造成游客滞留。 The airport had to be closed, stranding tourists.

stay，stop，linger，remain，shack up in；

[例句] 客人尽可以喝着咖啡逗留到午夜左右。 Customers are welcome to linger over coffee until around midnight.

[例句] 他通晓这种语言，所以逗留期间过得很惬意。 His familiarity with the language helped him enjoy his stay.

be careful，look out，keep one's eyes open，regard，advert ；

[例句] 留意便宜货，但绝不要买表面凹陷的罐头。 Watch out for bargains, but never buy dented cans.

[例句] 这个声音如此耳熟，她根本没怎么留意。 The sound was so familiar that she didn't register it.

be careful，take care，heed，keep one's eyes open，notice ；

[例句] 留心一下天气状况。 Take note of the weather conditions.

[例句] 留心看有无抑郁症状。 Look out for symptoms of depression.

stay for a time，stop，remain，settle，stick；

[例句] 他们请求香港允许他们在那里入港停留。 They had asked Hong Kong for permission to put into port there.

[例句] 你应该考虑将旅程分为几段，中途在机场旅馆稍作停留。 You should consider breaking the journey with intermediate stopovers at airport hotels.

detain，arrest，hold in custody，seizure，hold out ；

[例句] 他们扣留了他3个小时后放走了他。 They held him for three hours and they let him go.

[例句] 弗兰开始不由自主地唠叨起乔恩是怎样无可避免地被扣留的。 Fran began her automatic patter about how Jon had been unavoidably detained.

preserve，keep，remain，be extant，subsistence ；

[例句] 今天狩猎采集的生活方式在偏远地区侥幸留存了下来。 The hunter-gatherer lifestyle today survives precariously in remote regions.

[例句] 我喜欢在手头留存一些信封,以备不时之需. I like to keep a few envelopes about in case I need them.

moor (a balloon or airship)，mooring，makefast，moorage ；

[例句] 一些气球飞行家曾提到在舰上使用系留气球的问题. Some balloonists talked of using captive ', ballons from ships.

[例句] 为研究系留气球稳定性,建立了系留气球的三维非线性动力学模型. To stability analysis of tethered balloon, a three dimensional nonlinear mathematical model tethered aerostat was assembled.

gramophone，phonograph，a gramophone，talking machine ；

[例句] 装有发条的老式留声机 an old-fashioned wind-up gramophone

[例句] 在留声机上放张唱片,我们来听点音乐 吧. Put a record on the phonograph and let's have some music.

be reluctant to leave ，can't bear to part，（缅怀过去） recall with nostalgia ；

[例句] 很多人都很留恋过去的好时光。 Many people were nostalgic for the good old days.

[例句] 许多人留恋不舍地回顾封建时代. Many people look back with nostalgia to feudal times.

leave over，hand down，bequeath，carry-over，leave behind ；

[例句] 作为食品配给制的一种遗留影响，他们总把黄油和人造黄油混在一起吃。 As a hangover from rationing, they mixed butter and margarine.

[例句] 昨天我取回了遗留在火车上的包. Yesterday I retrieved the bag I left in the train.

leave，keep，stay，remain，keep back ；

[例句] 留下了20名骨干人员。 A skeleton staff of 20 is being kept on.

[例句] 他们还留下了一张名片，上面印着肖恩·林奇的名字。 They also left a card, imprinted with the name Sean Lynch.

reside，inhabitation，residence ；

urge sb. to stay，persuade sb. to stay，detainment，detention ；

[例句] 他下意识地抓住她的胳膊想挽留她。 He caught her arm in a subconscious attempt to detain her.

[例句] 她们挽留她,首先是为了她自己,因为她们是爱她的. They wanted her for her own self because they loved her.

[律] lien ；

[例句] 准予对财产拥有留置权以保证义务之履行. A lien against the property is granted to secure an obligation.

[例句] 因为此笔贷款, 他对你的住房享有留置权. For the loan, he could have a lien placed on your home.

wait until ；

[例句] 这件事将留待下次会议讨论. This matter will go over until the next session.

[例句] 这些事情只好留待我们下次会议再讨论了. These matters have to be left over until our next meeting.

retain，tarry，[法] detain，leave on ；

[例句] 各公司现在都急切地想要留住招聘来的员工。 Firms are now keen to hold on to the people they recruit.

[例句] 公司一直竭力想留住自己的销售团队。 The company has been struggling to hang onto its sales force.

alert，observing，[法] observant，precautionary，jealous ；

[例句] 那意味着, 头脑必须是留心的, 必须是安静的. That means, the mind must be attentive, must be silent.

[例句] 这一点是首先需要留心的. This should be your primary concern!