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
 
        
                
                助記提示
        
        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(lái)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(yǔ)例句
        
        - 1. In the future the machines will need spare parts and maintenance. 
- 這些機(jī)器將來(lái)會(huì)需要備件和維修保養(yǎng)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
 
- 2. She did none of the maintenance on the vehicle itself. 
- 她對(duì)車子本身沒(méi)有進(jìn)行半點(diǎn)養(yǎng)護(hù)。
來(lái)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(méi)做過(guò)任何汽車保養(yǎng)。
來(lái)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(lái)自柯林斯例句
 
- 5. Absentee fathers will be forced to pay child maintenance. 
- 缺席的父親將會(huì)被強(qiáng)制要求支付孩子的撫養(yǎng)費(fèi)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句