high-maintenance

短语
FREQ #47025

耗费精力的；耗神的

词形变化

more high-maintenance 比较级 most high-maintenance 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Requiring a high degree of maintenance to ensure proper functioning, and without which it is likely to break down.

  2. 2.

    Requiring a lot of attention or reassurance; emotionally needy

    贬义 比喻

    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.

词源

According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, the figurative sense was popularized by the 1989 romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally....

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