维系

The home is the hinge on which family life turns.

家庭生活要有个家才能维系。

Keeping the rhythm and directing the dancers’ footsteps are the claves.

维系旋律和指步的仅是响棒。

Although Olga loved Jack, that image of wifehood (hers, not his) was so noxious that subconsciously she knew she couldn't sustain it.

虽然Olga爱Jack,但是这种（她产生而不是他产生的）妻子象太有毒害性，至于在潜意识里自己知道无法维系下去。