【tain，ten】
“to hold” “拿住”
|abstain=ab+tain v.自制；放弃；避免
ab-“与···相反”
eg：The country abstained in the vote.
|sustain=sus+tain v.维持；支撑，承担
sus-“在···下面”
eg：He has sustained his fierce social conscience.
|pertain=per+tain v.属于；关于；适合
per-“贯穿，自始至终”
eg：The minister stressed the matters pertaining to naval district defence.
【词汇扩展】
maintain v.维持；维修
detain v.拘留；搁置
retain v.保持；雇；记住
contain v.包含，容纳
attain v.达到；获得
（以上均来自《200个一定要学的英文词根词缀》一书）
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