high-maintenance
英語
編輯詞源
編輯根據Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang,比喻義經由1989年戀愛喜劇《當哈利碰上莎莉》(When Harry Met Sally...)普及開來。[1]
形容詞
編輯high-maintenance (比較級 more high-maintenance,最高級 most high-maintenance)
- (指某種系統) 維護成本高的,維護難的
- (比喻義,貶義,指人) 讓人操心的,讓人放不下心的,讓人費心的
- 1989, Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally...[2] (motion picture), 角色 Harry Burns(Billy Crystal):
- There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance.
- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
- 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.
- 他的女朋友很麻煩,如果他沒有每五分鐘告訴她他愛她,她就會歇斯底里痛不欲生地哭起來。