他们坚持

to maintain───赡养；维持

the Mountain───山

the mainland───大陆

maintain───vt.维持；继续；维修；主张；供养

the Haywain───干草人

the Pinta───平塔

the curtain───幕布

They maintain the closest relations with the masses and share their weal and woe.───他们和群众血肉相连，休戚与共。

They maintain a hierarchy for survival, not for prestige or arrogance.───它们维持等级制度，是为延续生存而非威望和自满。

They maintain a very powerful fleet in Oriental waters.───他们在远东海域保持着一支非常强大的舰队。

Can they maintain a spot among the top two teams in the West to secure home-court advantage through at least two rounds?───他们能否取得西部赛区前两名的位置来确保后两轮的主场优势？

language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it, without language, they maintain, culture would not be possible.───语言是文化的一部分，并对文化起着重要作用。没有语言，就没有文化；

They maintain that the population base used to give frequency statistics must be drawn from the suspect's particular Gene pool.───他们声称用于频率统计的人口基数必须从嫌疑犯的特定基因库中获得。

But, they maintain, "our arguments are absolutely obvious, logical and sound. It is only a matter of time. "───但是，他们坚持认为，“我们的建议是绝对显而易见的、合理的和健全的，实施它只是一个时间问题。”

They maintain that American beef poses a risk of transmitting the fatal brain condition known as "mad cow disease. "───他们坚持认为美国牛肉有传播疯牛病的风险。

They maintain that in modern society, people are supposed to have more knowledge than their ancestors to cope with tougher problems.───他们认为，在现代社会，人们应该比他们的祖先掌握更多的知识，以处理更难解决的问题。

They maintain very tight security along the border.

They maintain a database of hotels that cater for businesswomen.

Then while on their travels, they maintain lower profiles.

They maintain their dominion over our eyes, rising as if straight overhead, the first, the true, skyscrapers.

If inflation is to be controlled, they maintain, then the money supply must be controlled.

They maintain their ties with blacks and Hispanics.

They maintain a significant degree of nuclear strength.

They maintain their father threatened to kill his sons to stop them from exposing him as a child molester.

Or can they maintain their level of excellence?