maintenance

英 ['meɪntənəns] 美 ['meɪntənəns]

• n. 维修；维护；保持；生活费用；抚养费

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]维持,维护; 保养

   the act of maintaining

2. [U]赡养费

   money that a man has been ordered by a court to pay regularly to his wife

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 保养，维修，维护
2. 坚持；主张
3. 扶养，赡养
4. 生活费；赡养费，抚养费
5. 保持，维持
6. 生计
7. 供给
8. 保管，保存
9. 瞻养义务
10. 支持的手段
11. 【法律】干预与本人无关的诉讼；非法资助诉讼，包揽诉讼罪，唆讼行为

英英释义

Noun:

1. activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;

   "he wrote the manual on car care"
   

2. means of maintenance of a family or group

3. court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

4. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence;

   "they were in want of sustenance"
   "fishing was their main sustainment"
   

5. 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;

   "unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He's taking classes in car maintenance.
   他正在上汽车维修课。
2. The machinery requires constant maintenance.
   这些机器需要经常保养维修。
3. The roof of the ancient temple caved in because of bad maintenance.
   那座古老的宙宇由于维护不好屋顶塌了下来。
4. Our policy is maintenance of friendly relations with all countries.
   我们的政策是与所有国家保持友好关系。
5. Both parents contribute to the maintenance of their children.
   双方父母都给孩子们提供生活费用。
6. The major problem is the maintenance of the child.
   主要的问题是孩子的抚养费。
7. He must pay maintenance for his three children.
   他必须付三个孩子的抚养费。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He learnt tractor maintenance.
   他学会了拖拉机维修。
2. His small farm provides maintenance, but not much more.
   他的小农场能使他们维持生活,但仅此而已。
3. He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.
   他必须给前妻抚养费。

经典引文

• The lawyers were as busy as bees, issuing writs for..maintenance.

  出自： T. H. White

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• claim maintenance 要求得到抚养费
• learn maintenance 学习保养

形容词+～

• preventive maintenance 预防性保养
• routine maintenance 日常保养

名词+～

• building maintenance 房屋维修
• car maintenance 汽车保养
• file maintenance 文件保管

～+介词

• the maintenance of law and order 维持法律与秩序

词源解说

• ☆ 1369年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的maintenance。

近反义词

【近义词】

• upkeep 维持
• care 关心
• alimony (离婚后丈夫给妻子的)赡...
• continuance 继续
• allowance 零用钱
• protection 保护
• sustenance 维持生计
• preservation 保存
• servicing 维修
• conservation 保存
• repair 修理
• grooming 修饰
• child support 子女抚养费
• livelihood 生计
• subsistence 生存
• wages 工资
• continuity 连续性
• living 活着的
• support 支持
• perseveration [医]持续言语(指言语反...
• perpetuation 永存
• salary 薪水
• revenue 税收
• persistence 坚持
• income 收入
• pursuit 追求
• stability 稳定性
• settlement 解决
• payment 支付
• repairs 修理工作
• keep 保持
• upholding 动词uphold的现在进...
• continuation 继续
• means of support 支承方法
• grant 授予
• child 小孩
• means 方法
• of 关于
• sustainment 支持
• sustentation 支持

【反义词】

• abandonment 放弃