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maintenance

英/mˈeɪntənəns/
美/ˈmeɪntənəns/

美式其他读音 /ˈmeɪntnəns/

01n.

维护, 保持, 维修, 生活费用, 坚持, 扶养

means of maintenance of a family or group; the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community