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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

维持 [wéichí]
  1. 1. verb [保持] maintain
    维持交通秩序
    direct the traffic
  2. 2. verb [资助] support
    他靠卖画维持生活。
    He relies on selling paintings to support himself.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

维持 [wéichí]
  1. 1. keep; maintain; preserve; sustain; keep up
    他的收入只够维持家人的基本生活。
    这个病人还在维持治疗。
    保安在维持会场秩序。
    维持生活
    support oneself or one's family
    维持现状
    maintain the status quo; let things go on as they are
    维持秩序
    keep order; maintain order
  2. 2. noun maintenance

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

维持 [wéichí]
  1. 1. 保持;使保持原样
    维持生态平衡。
    维持原判。
  2. 2. 支持;保护
    有你在中间维持,我心里踏实了许多。

Examples

这点给养充其量只够维持三天。
The provisions can last three days at most. 充其量
他家里靠他维持生活。
His family depended on him for support.
勉强维持生活
eke out a bare living; scrape along 勉强
维持体面
keep up appearances 体面
维持秩序
keep order; maintain order 维持
维持现状
maintain the status quo; let things go on as they are 维持
维持生活
support oneself or one's family 维持
维持治安
maintain public order 治安
为了维持生计,他不得不变卖祖产。 变卖
高级法院驳回原告的上诉,维持原判。 驳回

Collocations

无法维持
to be unable to keep something up
维持下去
to carry something through
维持不变
to keep something at a fixed level
维持秩序
to maintain order
维持现状
to let things go on as they are

Word Decomposition


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nciku Note

保持 and 维持

1.“保持”有使状况、局面继续不变的意思。可带各种名词性宾语,也可带双音节动词、形容词宾语。
保持 means "to keep a state or situation unchanged" and can take all sorts of nominal objects and disyllabic verbal and adjectival objects.
(1)一直以来,他都保持着旺盛的创作激情。
(2)虽然我们不在一个城市,但我们一直保持着联系。
(3)请大家保持安静。
(4)这里的建筑一直保持着独特的风格。
(5)他总是能使自己的房间保持整洁。

2.“维持”除了有使原有状况、局面不变的意思外,含有比较勉强的、被动的、不得不继续下去的意思。
Besides keeping something unchanged, 维持 also implies reluctance, passivity and something that must continue.
(1)他们负责维持现场秩序。
(2)这些食物只够我们维持两天。
(3)他自己也不知道这段感情还有什么值得继续维持下去的。
(4)他们一直保持(维持)着合作关系。

但用“保持”多指正常的、不费力的关系,用“维持”则常指被动的或勉强的关系。维持还有维护支持的意思,如“暗中维持”、“多方维持”等。
保持 is usually applied to a normal and effortless relationship, while 维持 is applied to a passive or reluctant relationship. 维持 also means to safeguard and support e.g. .暗中维持,多方维持,etc.

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