維持 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- maintain verb To keep something in its current, good condition over time.
- maintenance noun The work of keeping a building, machine or system in good condition by checking, cleaning and repairing it regularly.
- support noun Help, encouragement or resources given to someone or something.
Senses
維持 is used for these senses in English:
- maintain To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.). [from 14th c.]
- maintenance Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
- support (sometimes, attributive) Something which supports.
maintain — full definition
- verb To keep something in its current, good condition over time.
- verb To insist that something is true.
maintenance — full definition
- noun The work of keeping a building, machine or system in good condition by checking, cleaning and repairing it regularly.
- noun The act of keeping something going or holding it at a particular level.
- noun Money paid regularly by one person for the living costs of a former spouse or of a child they do not live with.