housekeeping
/ˈhaʊsˌkiːpɪŋ/noun
mass noun
1
- the management of household affairs料理家务, 管家。
1.1
- 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。
2.1
- Biology the regulation of metabolic functions that are common to all cells【生】（细胞的）基本代谢功能调节：
as modifier housekeeping genes.管家基因（调节基本代谢功能的基因）。