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Something low-maintenance does not need a lot of care. A low-maintenance plant is happy if you water it now and then. Short hair can be low-maintenance. A machine that rarely breaks is low-maintenance. People also use it of people and love: a low-maintenance friend does not need constant messages and drama. That people-sense is informal, and it can sound a little cold if you say it to someone’s face — as if they were a plant. A book of American slang says this people-meaning became popular after the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally. With things, it is usually a compliment: not much work.
好照顧的、低維護;說人時帶點「不黏、不需要一直被哄」的口語味道
組成low(少)+ maintenance(把東西保持在還不錯的狀態)。The “easy person / easy relationship” sense was popularized by the 1989 film When Harry Met Sally.
同家族的字
- high-maintenancethe opposite: needs a lot of care or attention
- maintainthe verb: to keep something in good condition
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
low-maintenanceadj
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Retaining proper functionality over long periods of time with little or no maintenance.
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Of a person: self-sufficient and not requiring much attention.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。