to retain your independence
保持独立
He struggled to retain control of the situation.
他曾努力保持对局势的控制。
The house retains much of its original charm.
这所房子保留了许多原有的魅力。
She retained her tennis title for the third year.
她第三年保住了网球冠军的头衔。
a soil that retains moisture
保持水分的土壤
This information is no longer retained within the computer's main memory.
该数据已不再保留在计算机的主存储器中。
She has a good memory and finds it easy to retain facts.
她记忆力好，很容易记住事情。
a retaining fee
给所委托律师的预付辩护费
to retain the services of a lawyer
聘定律师
1.保留;保持;保有;维持
2.留住;挡住
3.记住
4.雇用,聘用(律师等)
1.保留;保持;保有;维持
2.留住;挡住
3.记住
4.雇用,聘用(律师等)
1.to keep someone or something
2.to remember ideas or information
3.to employ a professional person such as a lawyer or doctor by paying an amount of money called a retainer before the work is done
1.In small towns up to the approved personnel under I will be able to retain its franchise contract land, also allowed to transfer.
对经批准在小城镇落户的人员，根据本人意愿，可保留其承包土地的经营权，也允许依法转让。
2.not a thing of all that had been theirs did she retain but the old seal and spoon. 'Pooh - I have as much of mother as father in me!
他们除了给她留下来一方古印和一把羹匙而外，其它的东西一件也没有给她留下来。“呸——我本来就是我的父母两个人养的！”她说。
3.All that having been said, the domain objects still retain a lot of their POJO nature.
虽然有上述各种情况，域对象依然保留许多POJO特性。
4.This allows you to retain messages for auditing purposes, or to perform compensating transactions if an error occurs.
这样就可以保留消息以便审核，也可用于在出现错误时执行补偿事务。
5.Through obedience, Adam would retain life in the garden, but if he broke the covenant, he would suffer death.
靠着顺服，亚当可以在乐园中留存生命，但是如果他破坏了这个圣约，他就要受死亡之苦。
6.Women are able to retain all property they owned prior to marriage in the case of porce. However, this provision does not apply to men.
在离婚案件中，女性可以保留她们婚前所拥有的所有财产。然而，这项规定并不适用于男性。
7.Analysts expect the country's auto market to retain the top spot this year and exceed sales in the U. S. by at least two million vehicles.
分析师们预期中国汽车市场今年仍将占据全球首位，销量比美国高出至少200万辆。
8.I'm trying to fashion some combination, one that allows me to retain my principles without having to file for bankruptcy.
我试着将它们合并在一起，这样这个新生物就能使我坚持我自己的原则，而不用申请破产。
9.I still retain the memories of flying just as if they were real-world memories.
我仍然留有飞行时的记忆，它们像现实世界的记忆一个样。
10.To annex(a lesser state) to a greater state as a means of permitting the ruler of the lesser state to retain title and partial authority.
使…归并并（小国家）于另一较大的国家，以此使较小国家的统治者能保持自己的头衔及部分权力。