housekeeping

housekeeping
noun
[mass noun]
  1. the management of household affairs
    料理家务,管家
    ■money set aside or given for such a purpose
    家务开支,家用钱
    writing barely pays my part of the housekeeping.
    写作勉强够支付我那份家务开支。
  2. operations such as maintenance or record-keeping in a computer or organization which make work possible but do not directly constitute its performance
    (计算机,机构)内务处理,整理工作
    ■(Biology)the regulation of metabolic functions that are common to all cells
    (生)(细胞的)基本生理功能代谢调节
    [as modifier]housekeeping genes.
    管家基因(基本生理功能基因)。
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