upkeep

['ʌpki:p]

n.维持,维持费, 保养费, 生活费

例句与用法：

Orderly in the upkeep of his rooms.

在保养他的房间上一丝不苟

I can't afford the upkeep of a large house and garden.

我负担不起带花园的大房子的维护费。

词形变化：

异体字: U.P.I. |

详细释义：

n.[U]

1. (房屋, 设备等的)保养, 维修

The building needed upkeep.

这房子需要维修。

2. 保养费, 维修费[(+of)]

The upkeep of the large house is more than she can afford.

维修这幢大房子不是她能负担得起的。

The upkeep of a yacht is very expensive.

游艇的维修保养费是很昂贵的。