high-maintenance

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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]

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high-maintenance (比較級 more high-maintenance最高級 most high-maintenance)

  1. (指某种系统) 维护成本高的,维护难的
  2. (比喻義貶義指人) 让人操心的,让人放不下心的,让人费心
    • 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.
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    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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  1. Michiko Kakutani (18 November 1997), “From 'Happy Camper' to 'Out of Sight'”, The New York Times[1]