maintenance

noun

1. 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
2. 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
3. （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

1. N-UNCOUNT （对建筑物、道路、机器等的）定期维修，检修，保养
   The maintenance of 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
2. N-UNCOUNT 赡养费；生活费
   Maintenance is 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
3. N-UNCOUNT （状态、进程等的）维持，保持
   If you ensure the maintenance of a 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

1. 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。
2. The maintenance programme will additionally seek to keep the sites free of graffiti.
   这个维护方案还会试图保护这些地点不被涂鸦。
3. There is a backlog of repairs and maintenance in schools.
   对各学校的修缮和维护工作积压了一堆。
4. 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。
5. Other than blowing up a tyre I hadn't done any car maintenance.
   除了给轮胎充气外，我没做过任何汽车保养。
6. His firm took over the planting and general maintenance of the park last March.
   他的公司去年3月接管了公园的绿化和日常维护工作。
7. Small gardens can be high maintenance.
   小花园可能需要耗费很多精神打理。
8. The window had been replaced last week during routine maintenance.
   上周例行维修的时候换了窗户。
9. She did none of the maintenance on the vehicle itself
   她对车子本身没有进行半点养护。
10. 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。
11. In the future the machines will need spare parts and maintenance.
    这些机器将来会需要备件和维修保养。
12. The maintenance department is responsible for the general upkeep of the park.
    维护部负责公园的一般养护。
13. We wanted to be here early in case the whatsit, maintenance supervisor had forgotten to deal with it
    我们想早点儿到这儿，以防那个什么维修主管忘了处理这件事。
14. He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.
    他必须给前妻抚养费。
15. Maintenance of humidity is vital for ciliary function.
    保持湿度对纤毛功能来说十分重要。
16. 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。
17. Performs installation and ongoing maintenance work on hardware, operating and database systems, and middleware.
    执行硬件、操作系统和数据库系统以及中间件的安装和正在进行的维护工作。
18. 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。
19. Quality and software maintenance.
    质量和软件维护。
20. 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。
21. This creates redundant expressions and adds complexity to system maintenance.
    这就造成了表达式冗余，增加了系统维护的难度。
22. This can result in a variety of scalability and maintenance problems.
    这会导致各种可伸缩性和维护问题。
23. This approach reduces development and maintenance costs.
    此方法可减少开发和维护成本。
24. 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。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. Complexity and high installation and maintenance costs are a reality of today's computer systems.
    复杂性以及高昂的安装和维护费用是今天的计算机系统中存在的一个事实。
28. 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。
29. 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。
30. 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。

noun

1. activity involved in maintaining something in good working order
   1. he wrote the manual on car care

   Synonym:    careupkeep

2. 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

3. 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

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

   Synonym:    alimony

5. means of maintenance of a family or group