"high-maintenance" meaning in All languages combined

See high-maintenance on Wiktionary

Adjective [英语]

Forms: more high-maintenance [comparative], most high-maintenance [superlative]
Etymology: 根据Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang,比喻义经由1989年恋爱喜剧《当哈利碰上莎莉》(When Harry Met Sally...)普及开来。
  1. 维护成本高的,维护难的
    Sense id: zh-high-maintenance-en-adj-bgZQUglp
  2. 让人操心的,让人放不下心的,让人费心的 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-high-maintenance-en-adj-dCzvnp9Z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): 英語形容詞, 英語詞元

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      "word": "low-maintenance"
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  "etymology_text": "根据Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang,比喻义经由1989年恋爱喜剧《当哈利碰上莎莉》(When Harry Met Sally...)普及开来。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more high-maintenance",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most high-maintenance",
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        "superlative"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "维护成本高的,维护难的"
      ],
      "id": "zh-high-maintenance-en-adj-bgZQUglp",
      "raw_tags": [
        "指某种系统"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally... (motion picture), 角色 Harry Burns(Billy Crystal):",
          "text": "There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance."
        },
        {
          "text": "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.",
          "translation": "他的女朋友很麻烦,如果他没有每五分钟告诉她他爱她,她就会歇斯底里痛不欲生地哭起来。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "让人操心的,让人放不下心的,让人费心的"
      ],
      "id": "zh-high-maintenance-en-adj-dCzvnp9Z",
      "raw_tags": [
        "贬义",
        "指人"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "high-maintenance"
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  "categories": [
    "英語形容詞",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "根据Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang,比喻义经由1989年恋爱喜剧《当哈利碰上莎莉》(When Harry Met Sally...)普及开来。",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more high-maintenance",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most high-maintenance",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "维护成本高的,维护难的"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "指某种系统"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1989, Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally... (motion picture), 角色 Harry Burns(Billy Crystal):",
          "text": "There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance."
        },
        {
          "text": "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.",
          "translation": "他的女朋友很麻烦,如果他没有每五分钟告诉她他爱她,她就会歇斯底里痛不欲生地哭起来。"
        }
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        "指人"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
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  "word": "high-maintenance"
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