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双解例句
小知识
If you make sure that your house or car or even a database stays in good working condition, you are keeping up on the maintenance.
Maintain, the verb related to the noun maintenance, comes from the Latin expression manu tenere meaning literally “hold in the hand,” a fitting picture for this word. As well as the upkeep of machines, maintenance can be used with things that need sustaining. The maintenance of law and order is taken care of by the police. When a couple divorces, the husband is usually required to pay maintenance — financial support — to the wife.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
词根词缀
词根: ten
1. =hold,表示”拿住,握住,支撑”; 2. 挽留
adj.
content [with]满足的con全部+ten拿住,握住,支撑+t→全部拿住→容量,内容;满足的
discontent 不满的dis不+content满足的→n.不满,不满足 adj.不满的
tenable 站得住脚的,无懈可击的ten拿住,握住,支撑+able能……的→能拿住的
tenacious 坚韧不拔的,固执的ten拿住,握住,支撑+acious多……的→拿住不放→固执的
untenable 站不住脚的,防守不住的un不+tenable[adj.站得住脚的,无懈可击的]→adj.站不住脚的,防守不住的
n.
content 容量,内容,[con全部+ten拿住,握住,支撑+t→全部拿住→容量,内容;满足的
countenance 面容,表情coun=con+ten拿住,握住,支撑+ance表名词→全部控制→容忍,表示不提意见,同意
discontent 不满,不满足dis不+content满足的→n.不满,不满足 adj.不满的
maintenance 维修,保养,维持,保持,生活费用main=man手+ten拿住,握住,支撑+ance表名词→用手拿住→维修,坚持
sustenance 生活资料,粮食sus下面+ten支撑+ance表名词→支撑下去的东西→粮食;坚持
tenacity 坚持,固执ten拿住,握住,支撑+acity表名词→tenacious名词
tenancy 租赁期限;租佃,租用,租赁ten拿住,握住,支撑+ancy表名词→拿[钱]租房
tenant 承租人;房客;佃户ten拿住,握住,支撑+ant人→拿[钱]租房之人
tennis 网球ten接住+nis→n.网球
tenure 任期,终身职位ten拿住,握住,支撑+ure表名词→拿住状态
v.
countenance 支持,赞成coun=con+ten拿住,握住,支撑+ance表名词→全部控制→容忍,表示不提意见,同意
fasten [使]固定，系牢，绑紧，扣紧fas+ten拿住,握住,支撑→v.[使]固定，系牢，绑紧，扣紧
tenant 租借,承租ten拿住,握住,支撑+ant人→拿[钱]租房之人
同义词
upkeep / preservation / conservation / servicing / care / repair / grooming
wages / child / support / livelihood / means / subsistence / alimony / of / salary / living / revenue / income / allowance / sustenance
perseveration / continuity / continuance / perpetuation / persistence
protection / pursuit / payment / settlement / stability