maintenance

英 [ˈmeɪntənəns]

美 [ˈmeɪntənəns]

n.  维护; 保养; 维持; 保持; (依法应负担的)生活费; 抚养费

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牛津词典

noun

• 维护；保养
  the act of keeping sth in good condition by checking or repairing it regularly
  1. The school pays for heating and the maintenance of the buildings.
     学校负担这些大楼的供热和维修费用。
  2. car maintenance
     汽车保养
• 维持；保持
  the act of making a state or situation continue
  1. the maintenance of international peace
     维护世界和平
• （依法应负担的）生活费；抚养费
  money that sb must pay regularly to their former wife, husband or partner, especially when they have had children together
  1. He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.
     他必须付给前妻生活费。
  2. child maintenance
     儿童抚养费
  3. a maintenance order (= given by a court of law)
     （法院下达的）生活费支付令

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （对建筑物、道路、机器等的）定期维修，检修，保养
  Themaintenanceof a building, vehicle, road, or machine is the process of keeping it in good condition by regularly checking it and repairing it when necessary.
  1. ...maintenance work on government buildings...
     政府大楼的修缮工作
  2. The window had been replaced last week during routine maintenance.
     上周例行维修的时候换了窗户。
  3. ...car maintenance lessons.
     汽车维修课程
• N-UNCOUNT 赡养费；生活费
  Maintenanceis money that someone gives regularly to another person to pay for the things that the person needs.
  1. ...the government's plan to make absent fathers pay maintenance for their children.
     使弃家的父亲支付孩子抚养费的政府计划
• N-UNCOUNT （状态、进程等的）维持，保持
  If you ensure themaintenance ofa state or process, you make sure that it continues.
  1. ...the maintenance of peace and stability in Asia.
     维护亚洲的和平与稳定
  2. ...the importance of natural food to the maintenance of health.
     天然食品对保持健康的重要性

英英释义

noun

• activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
  1. he wrote the manual on car care
  Synonym:careupkeep
• the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community
  1. unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit
  Synonym:criminal maintenance
• the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
  1. they were in want of sustenance
  2. fishing was their main sustainment
  Synonym:sustenancesustentationsustainmentupkeep
• court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated
  Synonym:alimony
• means of maintenance of a family or group

双语例句

• Indianapolis beat out nearly 100 other cities as the site for a huge United Airlines maintenance center
  印第安纳波利斯从近百座城市中胜出，成为美国联合航空公司大型维护中心所在地。
• This provides the best balance between performance and maintenance costs.
  这提供了性能与维护成本之间的平衡。
• We wanted to be here early in case the whatsit, maintenance supervisor had forgotten to deal with it
  我们想早点儿到这儿，以防那个什么维修主管忘了处理这件事。
• His firm took over the planting and general maintenance of the park last March.
  他的公司去年3月接管了公园的绿化和日常维护工作。
• This modular approach, beginning with Manual Tester, reduces maintenance costs for both manual and automated testing.
  此种由ManualTester开始的模块化方法减少了人工和自动测试的维护成本。
• She did none of the maintenance on the vehicle itself
  她对车子本身没有进行半点养护。
• Finally, new system-supplied functions and stored procedures simplify database design and maintenance efforts.
  最后，系统提供的新的函数和存储过程有助于简化数据库设计和维护工作。
• The database has been configured for automated backups and maintenance.
  这个数据库已经配置了自动备份和维护。
• Speeds development time and reduces development and maintenance costs.
  加快开发速度，并且减少了开发和维护的费用。
• The maintenance programme will additionally seek to keep the sites free of graffiti.
  这个维护方案还会试图保护这些地点不被涂鸦。