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upkeep

/uhp-keep/US // ˈʌpˌkip //UK // (ˈʌpˌkiːp) //

保养,维护,维持,养育

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the process or activity of providing an establishment, machine, person, etc., with necessary or proper maintenance, repairs, support, or the like: The machine's faulty operation shows that no one has attended to its upkeep.
    • : the total sum of the costs or expenses for this.

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Examples

  • On the upkeep side, they use a special coating called Aquaseal which prevents water, gel and foam from going too deep into the shaving heads and hindering their cutting capacity.

  • Whereas in a single family home, the entire house upkeep is to be paid for out of the household budget.

  • Some salons lack a track record of safety, and all the people I talked to have weighed health concerns against their desire to go back to their typical upkeep routine.

  • Municipal robofleets are unleashed to do the dull, dirty, and dangerous work of urban upkeep.

  • It has a simpler design that is meant to need less upkeep and plumbing, leaving the astronauts more time to focus on the science they’re there for.

  • Shaving: the most boring, tedious thing a man must do in his little retinue of personal upkeep chores.

  • Upkeep of the island has been pricey, but Sealand has found ways to pay the bills.

  • For the following 70 years, de Florian paid the rent and upkeep on the home without ever returning.

  • Hodge also criticized the Royal Household for not maintaining the upkeep of its royal properties, including Buckingham Palace.

  • Readers, he once wrote, should be “as much interested in the upkeep of the papers as the managers and the editors are.”

  • He had built good buildings, but he specialized in repairs—in the upkeep of property—and he had many clients.

  • But none of them had ever contributed anything serious to the upkeep of the house.

  • But it is honourable to pay taxes for the upkeep of a good community.

  • I thought two thousand would provide the building, and the town might be willing to pay for its upkeep.

  • You realise, of course, that I cannot be responsible for your upkeep.'