retention 英 [rɪˈtenʃn]   美 [rɪˈtɛnʃən]

retention

retention  英 [rɪˈtenʃn] 美 [rɪˈtɛnʃən]

n. 保留;维持 

名词复数:retentions 

The company needs to improve its training and retention of staff. 公司需要改进对员工的培训和留用工作。
Eating too much salt can cause fluid retention. 食盐过多会导致体液潴留。

  • You can use retention to mean the ability to keep or hold. If you have extraordinary powers of retention, you remember everything you hear or learn.
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  • n. 保留;维持
  • 1. The company needs to improve its training and retention of staff.

    公司需要改进对员工的培训和留用工作。

  • 2. Eating too much salt can cause fluid retention.

    食盐过多会导致体液潴留。

  • 3. Visual material aids the retention of information.

    直观材料有助于加强记忆。

  • retention (n.) late 14c., from Latin retentionem (nominative retentio) "a retaining, a holding back," noun of action from past participle stem of retinere (see retain). Originally medical; mental sense is from late 15c.
re·ten·tion AWL / rɪˈtenʃn ; NAmE rɪˈtenʃn / noun [uncountable ] ( formal) 1 the action of keeping sth rather than losing it or stopping it 保持;维持;保留 The company needs to improve its training and retention of staff. 公司需要改进对员工的培训和留用工作。 2 the action of keeping liquid, heat, etc. inside sth rather than letting it escape (液体、热量等的)保持,阻滞 Eating too much salt can cause fluid retention. 食盐过多会导致体液潴留。 3 the ability to remember things 记忆力;记性 Visual material aids the retention of information. 直观材料有助于加强记忆。 see also retain retention retentions re·ten·tion / rɪˈtenʃn ; NAmE rɪˈtenʃn /
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