记忆方法
1. re- "back" + -tain + -er.
2. => hold back, keep back.
3. => continue keeping, keep possession of, keep in the mind.
4. => keep (another) attached to one's person, keep in service.
2. => hold back, keep back.
3. => continue keeping, keep possession of, keep in the mind.
4. => keep (another) attached to one's person, keep in service.
中文词源
retainer 保留金，订金
来自 retain,保留。引申词义保留金，订金。
英语词源
- retainer (n.1)
- "fee to secure services," mid-15c., originally "act of keeping for oneself" from retain, or perhaps from or influenced by Middle French retenir, infinitive used as a noun. Meaning "fee paid to an attorney to secure his services" is from 1818.
- retainer (n.2)
- "servant," 1530s, agent noun from retain (v.). Also "one who retains or holds" (1540s). Meaning "dental structure used to hold a bridge in place" is recorded from 1887.
权威例句
- 1. I found the gardener, a family retainer, morosely surveying the scene.
- 我发现这个园丁——家里一个服侍多年的仆人，愁眉苦脸地审视着这个场景。
- 2. Liz was being paid a regular monthly retainer.
- 利兹每月得到一笔预付金。
- 3. I'll need a five-hundred-dollar retainer.
- 我将收取500美元的定金。
- 4. The agency will pay you a monthly retainer.
- 这个机构将会每月付给你聘用金。
- 5. Her arrival had just been announced by the faithful retainer.
- 她的忠仆刚宣布了她的到来.
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