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Definition of high-maintenance in English: high-maintenanceadjective 1Needing a lot of work to keep in good condition. 需进行较多维护的 Example sentencesExamples - They tend to rely very heavily on either lab-based practical work requiring expensive, high-maintenance equipment, or on computer-based work requiring expensive software.
- I'll likely sell it within the next few months as I find it a pretty high-maintenance gadget - there are just too many things that can go wrong, and it needs constant checking.
- The style of gardening followed at Great Dixter is extremely high-maintenance.
- The amaryllis is ideal for people who have little time or inclination to spend on high-maintenance flowers and plants.
- Crpt enables the replacement of high-maintenance metallic aircraft panels with those manufactured from advanced fibre composite materials.
- Perhaps, as people spend less time at home they will pay less attention to how the place looks and sales of landscaping, high-maintenance plants and home repair supplies will suffer.
- Glass steps are high-maintenance, but can be superb.
- With two-thirds of an acre to tend, I stopped growing high-maintenance hybrid teas and turned to rugosas and hybrid musks - they're much easier and very satisfying alternatives.
- Lifestyle just too hectic for a high-maintenance hairstyle that demands a post-workout shampoo?
- Of course, wooden floors are too high-maintenance, but in the reception area we have used solid timber on the walls, as it creates a warm and welcoming ambiance.
- Several cruise lines came to this conclusion after fitting what they found to be high-maintenance electrical systems in passenger areas and low-maintenance photoluminescent systems in crew areas.
- Mainly, you can choose to blow-dry and straighten your hair on a daily basis, either yourself or at a salon (just don't tell anyone about your high-maintenance grooming regimen).
- Unless you have a sweeping carriage drive or a generous south-facing frontage, be prepared to forgo grass; high-maintenance lawns belong in the open, sunny space of the back garden.
- Known for its speed, high reliability, and ease of use, MySQL is rapidly becoming a low-cost alternative to high-priced, high-maintenance database systems.
- I don't consider them any more high-maintenance than a dog or cat, and I'm thankful in the winter that my pets don't need to be walked outside when it's freezing.
- Hanging baskets are a high-maintenance form of gardening, but with regular care can look beautiful all year round.
- So I'm genuinely baffled to see that the fashion for small, high-maintenance lap dogs persists - and not just in America.
- The more expensive your material, the less high-maintenance it will be.
- Colour-treated hair is a high-maintenance choice, so make sure that you visit your salon regularly to keep your roots in check.
- The first rule is, if you haven't much time then don't make the front garden a copy of your back garden, with high-maintenance beds, lawns and boundaries.
- 1.1informal (of a person) demanding a lot of attention.
〈非正式〉（人）需要关注的；难伺候的 I freely admit to being high-maintenance Caitlin is our only child and she's very high-maintenance Example sentencesExamples - With three young boys, a high-maintenance husband, volunteering at school and a small personal training business she doesn't have a lot of extra time.
- He didn't like shallow, high-maintenance blondes.
- Are you a wash-n-go girl or a high-maintenance honey?
- He has a gorgeous, yet high-maintenance, girlfriend, ambition, and loads of cash.
- This job is like a possessive, high-maintenance lover.
- If you are high-maintenance, book your hotels now.
- Are you going to be one of those high-maintenance women?
- I'm not a high-maintenance kinda girl, so it's usually the little things that really make my day.
- So, now I've written a book about the decline of my neighbourhood and the lives of its new, high-maintenance residents.
- ‘He's what we call a high-maintenance individual,’ the coach says.
- I've been with some high-maintenance women in my time but my daughter takes the biscuit.
- Lets be real about it, there is a difference between being high-maintenance, and being a diva.
- You're set on being one of those high-maintenance girlfriends, aren't you?
- I believe that we women primary care docs attract a higher percentage of emotionally high-maintenance patients than do our male colleagues.
- But it's a good place to pick up chicks - expensive, high-maintenance ones.
- She is the most high-maintenance person who ever lived, throwing tantrums at the least provocation: ‘I haven't had a bath for seven hours!
- He insisted he would never become a high-maintenance pop star, but now says his favourite food when eating out is foie gras pate, Chateaubriand steak and sorbet, washed down with champagne.
- Gonzalez has a reputation for being a high-maintenance player who travels with an entourage that includes a trainer, a spiritual adviser and a barber, but G.M. John Hart says the entourage won't be coming to Cleveland.
- Valerie is the single mother of two wonderful yet high-maintenance kids, a 9 yr. old girl and a 14 yr. old boy.
- She could be high-maintenance occasionally - okay, she was always high-maitenance - and she was really quite snobby at times.
Definition of high-maintenance in US English: high-maintenanceadjective 1Needing a lot of work to keep in good condition. 需进行较多维护的 Example sentencesExamples - Several cruise lines came to this conclusion after fitting what they found to be high-maintenance electrical systems in passenger areas and low-maintenance photoluminescent systems in crew areas.
- The more expensive your material, the less high-maintenance it will be.
- The first rule is, if you haven't much time then don't make the front garden a copy of your back garden, with high-maintenance beds, lawns and boundaries.
- Hanging baskets are a high-maintenance form of gardening, but with regular care can look beautiful all year round.
- With two-thirds of an acre to tend, I stopped growing high-maintenance hybrid teas and turned to rugosas and hybrid musks - they're much easier and very satisfying alternatives.
- Of course, wooden floors are too high-maintenance, but in the reception area we have used solid timber on the walls, as it creates a warm and welcoming ambiance.
- The amaryllis is ideal for people who have little time or inclination to spend on high-maintenance flowers and plants.
- Glass steps are high-maintenance, but can be superb.
- Colour-treated hair is a high-maintenance choice, so make sure that you visit your salon regularly to keep your roots in check.
- Unless you have a sweeping carriage drive or a generous south-facing frontage, be prepared to forgo grass; high-maintenance lawns belong in the open, sunny space of the back garden.
- They tend to rely very heavily on either lab-based practical work requiring expensive, high-maintenance equipment, or on computer-based work requiring expensive software.
- The style of gardening followed at Great Dixter is extremely high-maintenance.
- Lifestyle just too hectic for a high-maintenance hairstyle that demands a post-workout shampoo?
- Mainly, you can choose to blow-dry and straighten your hair on a daily basis, either yourself or at a salon (just don't tell anyone about your high-maintenance grooming regimen).
- Perhaps, as people spend less time at home they will pay less attention to how the place looks and sales of landscaping, high-maintenance plants and home repair supplies will suffer.
- I don't consider them any more high-maintenance than a dog or cat, and I'm thankful in the winter that my pets don't need to be walked outside when it's freezing.
- So I'm genuinely baffled to see that the fashion for small, high-maintenance lap dogs persists - and not just in America.
- I'll likely sell it within the next few months as I find it a pretty high-maintenance gadget - there are just too many things that can go wrong, and it needs constant checking.
- Known for its speed, high reliability, and ease of use, MySQL is rapidly becoming a low-cost alternative to high-priced, high-maintenance database systems.
- Crpt enables the replacement of high-maintenance metallic aircraft panels with those manufactured from advanced fibre composite materials.
- 1.1informal (of a person or relationship) demanding a lot of attention.
〈非正式〉（人）需要关注的；难伺候的 I freely admit to being high-maintenance Caitlin is our only child and she's very high-maintenance Example sentencesExamples - He didn't like shallow, high-maintenance blondes.
- Valerie is the single mother of two wonderful yet high-maintenance kids, a 9 yr. old girl and a 14 yr. old boy.
- So, now I've written a book about the decline of my neighbourhood and the lives of its new, high-maintenance residents.
- Lets be real about it, there is a difference between being high-maintenance, and being a diva.
- If you are high-maintenance, book your hotels now.
- Are you a wash-n-go girl or a high-maintenance honey?
- Are you going to be one of those high-maintenance women?
- But it's a good place to pick up chicks - expensive, high-maintenance ones.
- ‘He's what we call a high-maintenance individual,’ the coach says.
- I've been with some high-maintenance women in my time but my daughter takes the biscuit.
- With three young boys, a high-maintenance husband, volunteering at school and a small personal training business she doesn't have a lot of extra time.
- I believe that we women primary care docs attract a higher percentage of emotionally high-maintenance patients than do our male colleagues.
- He has a gorgeous, yet high-maintenance, girlfriend, ambition, and loads of cash.
- She is the most high-maintenance person who ever lived, throwing tantrums at the least provocation: ‘I haven't had a bath for seven hours!
- She could be high-maintenance occasionally - okay, she was always high-maitenance - and she was really quite snobby at times.
- You're set on being one of those high-maintenance girlfriends, aren't you?
- This job is like a possessive, high-maintenance lover.
- Gonzalez has a reputation for being a high-maintenance player who travels with an entourage that includes a trainer, a spiritual adviser and a barber, but G.M. John Hart says the entourage won't be coming to Cleveland.
- He insisted he would never become a high-maintenance pop star, but now says his favourite food when eating out is foie gras pate, Chateaubriand steak and sorbet, washed down with champagne.
- I'm not a high-maintenance kinda girl, so it's usually the little things that really make my day.
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