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

Absentee fathers will be forced to pay child maintenance.
缺席的父亲将会被强制要求支付孩子的抚养费。
This story highlights the importance of component architectures for system maintenance and extension.
这则故事突显了对于系统支持和扩展的组件架构的重要意义。
This approach reduces development and maintenance costs.
此方法可减少开发和维护成本。
This will help with test script maintenance and reusability.
这将有助于改进测试脚本的维护性和重用性。
This provides the best balance between performance and maintenance costs.
这提供了性能与维护成本之间的平衡。
He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.
他必须给前妻抚养费。
The maintenance department is responsible for the general upkeep of the park.
维护部负责公园的一般养护。
She did none of the maintenance on the vehicle itself
她对车子本身没有进行半点养护。
This modular approach, beginning with Manual Tester, reduces maintenance costs for both manual and automated testing.
此种由ManualTester开始的模块化方法减少了人工和自动测试的维护成本。
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。