One way to hold it: the work you do so that nothing changes for the worse. Oil the machine, check the brakes, repaint the — none of it makes anything new, it just holds the thing at the level it is already at. English then applies that holding to a situation, and to the regular money that keeps a family supported.
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原始詞典資料8 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
maintenancenoun/ˈmeɪnt(ə)nəns/
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Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
- They are all preventable by proper maintenance, but non-safety critical maintenance has to be evaluated, so failures are an accepted penalty for keeping maintenance costs down.
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lawA tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.
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lawAlimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
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lawChild support.
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Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family.
- From Pond to Pond he roamed, from moor to moor; / Housing, with God's good help, by choice or chance: / And in this way he gained an honest maintenance.
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biologynatural-sciencesThe natural process which keeps an organism alive.
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computingengineeringmathematicsSoftware updates that fix bugs and improve stability rather than adding new features.
- a maintenance release; a maintenance version
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
- maintenance medicine
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。