retention 音标拼音: [rit'ɛnʃən]
保留,保持
保留,保持
retention 保留 保持
retention n 1 :
the act of retaining something [
synonym : {
retention },
{
keeping }, {
holding }]
2 :
the power of retaining and recalling past experience ; "
he had a good memory when he was younger " [
synonym : {
memory },
{
retention }, {
retentiveness }, {
retentivity }]
3 :
the power of retaining liquid ; "
moisture retentivity of soil "
[
synonym : {
retentiveness }, {
retentivity }, {
retention }]
Retention \
Re *
ten "
tion \,
n . [
L .
retentio :
cf .
F .
r ['
e ]
tention .
See {
Retain }.]
1 .
The act of retaining ,
or the state of being ratined .
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2 .
The power of retaining ;
retentiveness .
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No woman '
s heart So big ,
to hold so much ;
they lack retention .
--
Shak .
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3 .
That which contains something ,
as a tablet ;
a ????
of preserving impressions . [
R .] --
Shak .
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4 .
The act of withholding ;
retraint ;
reserve . --
Shak .
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5 .
Place of custody or confinement .
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6 . (
Law )
The right of withholding a debt ,
or of retaining property until a debt due to the person claiming the right be duly paid ;
a lien . --
Erskine .
Craig .
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{
Retention cyst } (
Med .),
a cyst produced by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ and the consequent retention of the natural secretions .
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63 Moby Thesaurus words for "
retention ":
abnegation ,
adhesiveness ,
bullheadedness ,
camera -
eye ,
cohesiveness ,
consistency ,
contradiction ,
declension ,
declination ,
declinature ,
declining ,
denial ,
deprivation ,
disagreement ,
disallowance ,
disclaimer ,
disclamation ,
disobedience ,
dissent ,
eidetic memory ,
gluiness ,
glutinosity ,
gumminess ,
holding back ,
memory span ,
nay ,
negation ,
negative ,
negative answer ,
nix ,
no ,
nonacceptance ,
noncompliance ,
nonconsent ,
nonobservance ,
obstinacy ,
persistence ,
persistency ,
photographic memory ,
recantation ,
refusal ,
rejection ,
repudiation ,
retentive memory ,
retentiveness ,
retentivity ,
snugness ,
stick -
to -
itiveness ,
stickiness ,
stubbornness ,
tackiness ,
tenaciousness ,
tenacity ,
thumbs -
down ,
tightness ,
total memory ,
total recall ,
toughness ,
turndown ,
unwillingness ,
viscidity ,
viscosity ,
withholding
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