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

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

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"
   

1.（对建筑物、道路、机器等的）定期维修，检修，保养
Themaintenance 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.

maintenance

e.g. ...maintenance work on government buildings...
政府大楼的修缮工作
e.g. The window had been replaced last week during routinemaintenance.
上周例行维修的时候换了窗户。

2.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.

maintenance什么意思

e.g. ...the government's plan to make absent fathers paymaintenance for their children.
使弃家的父亲支付孩子抚养费的政府计划

3.（状态、进程等的）维持，保持
If you ensure themaintenance of a state or process, you make sure that it continues.

e.g. ...themaintenance of peace and stability in Asia.
维护亚洲的和平与稳定
e.g. ...the importance of natural food to themaintenance of health.
天然食品对保持健康的重要性

1. 维护,保养：该计划是在3年、2年、1年期经营租赁基础上,融合维护保养(maintenance)、设备租赁(Equipment)和设备保险(Insurance)于一体的整合性服务项目. 金融解决方案--索尼汇美租赁计划的推出,充分考虑了一些客户对于中长期租赁设备的需求,

He's taking classes in car maintenance.

他正在上汽车维修课。

The machinery requires constant maintenance.

这些机器需要经常保养维修。

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。

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。

Both parents contribute to the maintenance of their children.

双方父母都给孩子们提供生活费用。

The major problem is the maintenance of the child.

主要的问题是孩子的抚养费。

He must pay maintenance for his three children.

他必须付三个孩子的抚养费。

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。

car maintenance

汽车保养

the maintenance of international peace

维护世界和平

He has to pay maintenance to his ex-wife.

他必须付给前妻生活费。

child maintenance

儿童抚养费

a maintenance order (= given by a court of law)

（法院下达的）生活费支付令

...maintenance work on government buildings...

政府大楼的修缮工作

The window had been replaced last week during routine maintenance.

上周例行维修的时候换了窗户。

...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

...the maintenance of peace and stability in Asia.

维护亚洲的和平与稳定

...the importance of natural food to the maintenance of health.

天然食品对保持健康的重要性

Preparation and maintenance the components need in hardware development.

准备和维护硬件研发中所需元器件.

Injured cell ream of repair and maintenance cell rebirth.

修护受损的强胞令细胞再生.

This paper sketches the management and maintenance of modern electronic reading rooms.

简述现代化电子阅览室维护管理.

Oversees the implementation , operation and maintenance of the F & B Table Management System Database.

负责餐饮数据管理系统海外的建立, 运行及维护.

It is seamless network to the latest market report also referred to ' cut maintenance. '

据无缝管网提供的最新市场报告亦提到了 “ 减产检修 ”.

Periodical inspection and maintenance of fire control panel , pipe, tape, fire distinguisher and fire control equipment, alarming system.

对消防箱、管道 、 龙头 、 灭火器材及消防控制装置 、 报警预警装置进行定期的维护及保养.

The equipment's maintenance staffs should take the equipment maintenance plan and maintain it termly.

设备维护人员实施设备维护计划,定期维护设备.

The petitioner ask for a variation in her maintenance order.

上诉人要求对她生活费的命令的条件进行变更.

He learnt tractor maintenance.

他学会了拖拉机维修.

They regarded the labouring class as a mere means to the maintenance of the rest.

他们把劳动阶级看作一种养活其他阶级的纯粹的工具.

There are certain things that are absolutely basic to the maintenance of a good relationship.

要保持良好的关系,有些条件是必不可少的.

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.

an evening class in car maintenance

夜校的汽车维修课程

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。

the school's car maintenance department where students learn basic mechanics

该校学生可以学习基础机械学的汽车保养系

Money will be directed primarily towards the maintenance and rehabilitation of schools, clinics and machinery.

资金将主要用于学校、诊所和机器设备的维护和修缮。

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。

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。

动词+～

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

形容词+～

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

名词+～

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

～+介词

• maintenance%20of%20law%20and%20order">the maintenance of law and order维持法律与秩序

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

  出自：T. H. White

• ☆ 1369年左右进入英语，直接源自古法语的maintenance。