high-maintenance

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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)

  1. (指某種系統) 維護成本高的,維護難的
  2. (比喻義貶義指人) 讓人操心的,讓人放不下心的,讓人費心
    • 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.
      (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。

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  1. Michiko Kakutani (18 November 1997), 「From 'Happy Camper' to 'Out of Sight'」, The New York Times[1]