maintenance

英 ['me?nt(?)n?ns; -t?n-] 美['ment?n?ns]
  • n. 維護(hù)，維修；保持；生活費(fèi)用

英英釋意

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"