maintenance

['meintinəns]

n.维修, 维护, 保持, 生活费用
n.抚养费

n.[U]

1. 维持, 保持

The maintenance of law and order is of vital importance.

法律与秩序的维持是至关重要的。

2. 维修, 保养

Who is responsible for the building's maintenance?

谁负责这座大楼的保养事宜?

3. 坚持, 主张

4. 抚养; 生活费; 赡养费

She worked hard to earn money for the maintenance of her family.

她卖力干活为了挣钱养家糊口。

词形变化

形容词: maintainable | 名词: maintainability | 动词过去式: maintained | 动词过去分词: maintained | 动词现在分词: maintaining | 动词第三人称单数: maintains |

词义辨析

同义:

n.保养, 维修

preservation  upkeep  care  servicing  repair  grooming  conservation

n.继续, 坚持, 主张

continuance  continuity  perpetuation  persistence  perseveration

n.生计, 扶养, 生活(费)

means of support  subsistence  livelihood  living  allowance  alimony  revenue  salary  wages  sustenance  support  income  child support  

同义参见:

stability  settlement  pursuit  protection  payment  

反义:

n.保持; 保养

abandonment  

英英释义

名词 maintenance:

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

同义词：care, upkeep

means of maintenance of a family or group

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

同义词：alimony

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

同义词：sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, upkeep

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

同义词：criminal maintenance

补充

maintenancemaintenance英:[ˈmeintinəns] 美:[ˈmentənəns]n.1.维持; 维护; 保养; 维修He learnt tractor maintenance.他学会了拖拉机维修。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。2.赡养费He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.他必须给前妻赡养费。

例句

1. Who's responsible for the maintenance and care of the buildings?谁负责维修和照管这些大楼？ 2. The window had been replaced last week during routine maintenance.这扇窗户在上星期例行维修时已更换。 3. the maintenance of peace and stability in Asia维持亚洲的和平与稳定 4. the maintenance of an effective incomes policy维持有效的收入政策 5. the importance of natural food to the maintenance of health天然食物对保持身体健康的重要性 6. The government plans to make absent fathers pay maintenance for their children.政府计划让不在子女身边的父亲支付抚养费。 7. maintenance work on government buildings政府办公楼的维修工作 8. crucial conditions for the maintenance of democratic government.维持民主政府的关键条件。 9. car maintenance.汽车保养。 10. [as modifier]essential maintenance work.基本的维护工作。 11. This house needs a lot of maintenance.这房子需要维修的地方很多。 12. car maintenance汽车维修 13. He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.他要给前妻付扶养费。 14. The building has suffered from years of poor maintenance.这栋建筑物年久失修。 15. the costs of routine car maintenance汽车日常保养的费用 16. a maintenance worker [=a worker whose job is to keep property or equipment in good condition]维修工 17. a maintenance fee维护费 18. She works in the company's maintenance department.她在公司的维修部门工作。 19. maintenance of law and order对法律和秩序的维护 20. money for the family's maintenance养家的钱