noun🔗Share维护，保养 Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service."Regular maintenance of the school's computers ensures they are always working properly. "定期维护学校的电脑能确保它们始终正常运行。systemmachineservicetechnologytechnicalutilitybuildingdevicefunctionindustryprocessworkessentialtoeictoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share包揽诉讼, 资助诉讼。 A tort 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."The lawyer's actions constituted maintenance, as the wealthy uncle had no legitimate connection to the niece's custody dispute yet actively funded her legal efforts. "那位律师的行为构成了包揽诉讼，因为那位富有的叔叔与侄女的监护权纠纷没有任何正当联系，却积极资助她的法律行动。lawessentialtoeictoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share赡养费，生活费. Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce."After their divorce, John was ordered to pay maintenance to his ex-wife. "离婚后，约翰被判支付给他的前妻赡养费。familylawfinanceessentialtoeictoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share抚养费，赡养费 Child support."The father's maintenance payments are crucial for his child's education. "父亲支付的抚养费对孩子的教育至关重要。familylawfinanceessentialtoeictoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share赡养费，抚养费 Money required or spent to provide for the needs of a person or a family."The family's monthly maintenance costs are high, especially now that the children are in college. "这家人每月的赡养费和抚养费都很高，尤其是现在孩子们都上大学了。familyfinanceeconomyessentialtoeictoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share维持生命，生命维持. The natural process which keeps an organism alive."Proper nutrition and exercise are essential for the maintenance of good health. "适当的营养和锻炼对于维持生命健康至关重要。physiologyorganismbiologyanatomyessentialtoeictoeflChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
