high-maintenance

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Requiring a high degree of maintenance to ensure proper functioning, and without which it is likely to break down.
  2. Requiring a lot of attention or reassurance; emotionally needy derogatory,figuratively
    — He has this incredibly high-maintenance girlfriend; if he doesn't tell her that he loves her every five minutes, she tends to break down into hysterical depressive weepy fits.

词形变化

more high-maintenance comparative most high-maintenance superlative

词汇关系

反义词
low-maintenance
相关词
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词源

According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, the figurative sense was popularized by the 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally....
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