| 单词 | high-maintenance |
| 释义 | high-maintenance[ hahy-meyn-tuh-nuhns ] / ˈhaɪ ˈmeɪn tə nəns / adjectiveneeding frequent or major maintenance or repair: Imported sports cars are high-maintenance. Informal. (of a person) demanding a great deal of attention, money, or effort: His high-maintenance girlfriend refuses to get engaged without a big diamond ring. Origin of high-maintenanceFirst recorded in 1915–20 for def. 1; 1980–85 for def. 2; high + maintenance Words nearby high-maintenancehigh liver, high-low, high-low-jack, highly, highly strung, high-maintenance, High Mass, high milling, high-minded, Highmore's body, high-muck-a-muck Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for high-maintenance
British Dictionary definitions for high-maintenancehigh-maintenance adjective(of a piece of equipment, motor vehicle, etc) requiring regular maintenance to keep it in working order informal (of a person) requiring a high level of care and attention; demanding 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 |
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