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单词 maintenance
释义

maintenance

[ meyn-tuh-nuhns ]
/ ˈmeɪn tə nəns /
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noun

adjective

Pharmacology, Psychiatry. administered to sustain a desired physiological or mental condition: maintenance dose.

Origin of maintenance

1275–1325; Middle English maintenaunce<Middle French maintenance.See maintain, -ance

synonym study for maintenance

4. See living.

OTHER WORDS FROM maintenance

non·main·te·nance, nounpre·main·te·nance, nounself-main·te·nance, noun

Words nearby maintenance

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British Dictionary definitions for maintenance

maintenance
/ (ˈmeɪntɪnəns) /

noun

the act of maintaining or the state of being maintained
a means of support; livelihood
(modifier) of or relating to the maintaining of buildings, machinery, etcmaintenance man
law (formerly unlawful) the interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it, as by providing funds to continue the actionSee also champerty
law a provision ordered to be made by way of periodical payments or a lump sum, as after a divorce for a spouse
computing
  1. the correction or prevention of faults in hardware by a programme of inspection and the replacement of parts
  2. the removal of existing faults and the modification of software in response to changes in specification or environment

Word Origin for maintenance

C14: from Old French; see maintain
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for maintenance

maintenance
[ māntə-nəns ]

n.

The extent to which a patient continues good health practices without professional supervision, as distinguished from adherence or compliance.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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