喜樂美語
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    Upkeep is the work and money you need to keep something in good condition, like a house, a car, or a garden. People usually talk about the 'cost of upkeep' or say something is 'expensive to keep up.'

    維護（保養所需的花費或工作）

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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組成up (持續、起來) + keep (保持) — 字面來自「keep up」這個片語

同家族的字

  • keepupkeep 就是「keep up（維持）」這個動詞片語變成的名詞

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。

upkeepnoun/ˈʌpkip/

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    Maintenance; the act or effort of keeping something in good and working condition.

    • I would enjoy having a swimming pool, but I don't want to deal with the upkeep.
    • […] it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labour on the upkeep of hedges and gates.

upkeepverb/ˈʌpkip/

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    To maintain (something) or keep it in good repair.

    • Do you know how to upkeep a boat?
    • As for the city's buildings, it mostly resembled a town of white spires and cobblestone streets lined with flowerbeds that were upkept by magical means.

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。