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

Collins.2 / BNC.2198 / COCA.3067

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

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

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

This approach reduces development and maintenance costs.
此方法可减少开发和维护成本。
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。
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 operator has to be able to carry out routine maintenance of the machine.
操作员必须能对机器进行日常维护。
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 construction of such a caching mechanism further complicates the development and maintenance of this system.
构造这种高速缓存机制使该系统的开发和维护进一步复杂化。
Small gardens can be high maintenance.
小花园可能需要耗费很多精神打理。
This packaging and dynamic loading provides a flexible upgrade, maintenance, and licensing strategy.
这一打包和动态装入提供了灵活的升级、维护、以及许可策略。
Maintenance of humidity is vital for ciliary function.
保持湿度对纤毛功能来说十分重要。
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。