maintained

1 . They have maintained their optimism in the face of desolating subjugation.

面对遭征服的悲惨命运，他们保持了乐观的态度。

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2 . He maintained an ambivalent attitude to the Church throughout his long life.

在他漫长的一生中，他对基督教信仰始终是一种摇摆不定的态度。

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3 . The married women of Shitamachi maintained the custom of blackening their teeth.

下町的已婚女性还保留着把牙齿涂黑的习俗。

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4 . He had maintained a rigid diet, shedding some twenty pounds.

他严格地坚持节食，减了差不多20磅。

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5 . He has maintained that the money was donated for international purposes.

他坚称这笔捐款将用于国际用途。

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