upkeep

英 ['ʌpkiːp] 美 ['ʌpkiːp]

• n. 维持；维持费；保养费；生活费

英英释义

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"
   

例句

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。

词汇搭配

• upkeep expenses 维持费
• cost of upkeep 维修费
• upkeep cost 保养费用
• machine upkeep [化] 机器保养; ...

近反义词

【近义词】

• maintenance 维修
• support 支持
• provision 食品
• backing 支持
• conservation 保存
• protection 保护
• settlement 解决
• repairs 修理工作
• keep 保持
• preservation 保存
• running 连续地
• sustainment 支持
• care 关心
• sustenance 维持生计
• sustentation 支持