upkeep

英['ʌpkiːp] 美['ʌpkiːp]
  • n. 维持；维持费；保养费；生活费
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详细释义

Noun:
  1. activity involved in maintaining something in good working order;

    "he wrote the manual on car care"

  2. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence;

    "they were in want of sustenance"
    "fishing was their main sustainment"

双语例句

1. Both the petitioner and respondent provide for the upkeep of the children.
离婚上诉方和被告方共同抚养子女。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The money will be used for the estate's upkeep.
这笔钱将用于物业维护。

来自柯林斯例句

3. He offered to pay £100 a month towards his son's upkeep.
他愿意每月付100英镑作为儿子的抚养费。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Tenants are responsible for the upkeep of rented property.
承租人应负责维修租用的房产。

来自《权威词典》

5. The cost of upkeep is born by the state.
保养费由国家承担.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. I can't afford the upkeep of a large house and garden.
      我负担不起带花园的大房子的维护费。
    2. Britain has decided that it can no longer afford the upkeep of Greenwich Mean Time.
      英国已经决定不再负担维持格林威治标准时的费用。
    3. The car casts five thousand dollars a year in upkeep.
      这辆车子每年用掉五千元的保养费。
    4. Our taxes help pay for the upkeep of the city's parks.
      我们交纳的税部分用于市内各公园的保养。
    5. He earned his own upkeep at a very early age.
      他很小就自食其力了。

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upland upholstery upkeep cost upkeep costs Upkeep Period upkeep charges upkeep expense upkeep expenses upkeep and welfare upkeep and improvements
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