upkeep的意思|upkeep的解释-里氏词典

upkeep ['ʌpki:p]

n. 维持, 维修费

[经] 维修费, 养护费, 保养

upkeep

[ noun ]

activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

<noun.act>

he wrote the manual on car care

the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

<noun.act>

they were in want of sustenance

fishing was their main sustainment

Upkeep \Up"keep`\, n.
1. The act of keeping up, or maintaining; maintenance of
persons, organizations, or objects such as machinery, by
providing a location, repairs, and consumable items when
necessary. ``Horse artillery . . . expensive in the
upkeep.'' --Scribner's Mag.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

Small outlays for repairs or upkeep of buildings.
--A. R.
Colquhoun.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. the cost of providing upkeep[1].
[PJC]

Residents pay a monthly fee to Golden Rain: 30% goes to upkeep of the common grounds and 70% goes toward maintenance and services for the mutuals.
Dr Mahathir would no longer seek a weekly audience with the king. There would be no more state funds for the upkeep of royal yachts, and no more allocations for work on royal homes. By the end of last week Dr Mahathir had moved forward the big guns.
Without a timely reduction in the annual charge taken to cover the upkeep of its sewers, Severn Trent's water business would barely have nosed ahead last year.
South Korea currently contributes more than $100 million annually in direct upkeep cost, in addition to $1 billion indirectly through tax and rent exemptions for the public lands used by the U.S. military here.
If you make changes people always predict disaster.' The upkeep of the parks, which is the responsibility of the Environment Department, costs Pounds 20m a year.
Officials say the advertising will raise much-needed funds for the upkeep of 31 miles of Los Angeles County beach property.
"The sewers are crumbling because of lack of upkeep, and the rats are finding it increasingly easy to get out," said Peter Archer, Bristol's assistant chief environmental health officer.
The money can be used only to buy more land, not for upkeep or rehabilitation of existing parks.
Obsolete construction materials and methods must be dealt with, as must the ills and infirmities of old age and inadequate upkeep, as well as the need to accommodate present-day uses.
Factors other than age, from the quality of upkeep to the climate, also influence airworthiness.
The group of investors that will pick up MMWEC's share of the upkeep costs is expected to be identified this week.
He also runs Monumental Decor Co., which provides and maintains the vines to customers for $85 for a four-year contract plus $28 annual upkeep fee.
Without money for proper upkeep, dwory fell to ruin and were abandoned, with tragic consequences to the nation's cultural heritage.
And in the case of large public projects, where sales to tenants might not be practical, greater resident self-management would encourage greater resident pride and upkeep.
Judge Doumar said Mr. Sheridan could serve his jail term in a halfway house if he paid for his upkeep.
There is a small clubhouse as well as a swimming pool, but dues mainly are for the upkeep of Wild Acres' roads and other amenities.

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