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maintenance

英 ['me?nt(?)n?ns; -t?n-] 美['ment?n?ns]
  • n. 維護(hù),維修;保持;生活費(fèi)用

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1. man- / manu- => main- + ten- + -ance.
2. => hold in the hand, keep in the hand.
3. => practice habitually, practice continually; keep (a wife), sustain; keep oneself, support, defend in speech.
4. maintain => maintenance.

中文詞源


maintenance 維持,保持

來自maintain的名詞形式。

英文詞源


maintenance (n.)
mid-14c., "bearing, deportment," from Old French maintenance "upkeep; shelter, protection,: from maintenir (see maintain). Meaning "action of upholding or keeping in being" is from early 15c. "Action of providing a person with the necessities of life" is from late 14c.

雙語例句


1. In the future the machines will need spare parts and maintenance.
這些機(jī)器將來會需要備件和維修保養(yǎng)。

來自柯林斯例句

2. She did none of the maintenance on the vehicle itself.
她對車子本身沒有進(jìn)行半點(diǎn)養(yǎng)護(hù)。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Other than blowing up a tyre I hadn't done any car maintenance.
除了給輪胎充氣外,我沒做過任何汽車保養(yǎng)。

來自柯林斯例句

4. She was a high-maintenance girl who needed lots of attention.
她是個(gè)很纏人的女孩,需要很多的關(guān)注。

來自柯林斯例句

5. Absentee fathers will be forced to pay child maintenance.
缺席的父親將會被強(qiáng)制要求支付孩子的撫養(yǎng)費(fèi)。

來自柯林斯例句