维持一个家庭 meaning in English

maintain a family

The baroness had looked forward to this marriage as a means of ridding her of a guardianship which , over a girl of eug nie s character , could not fail to be rather a troublesome undertaking ; for in the tacit relations which maintain the bond of family union , the mother , to maintain her ascendancy over her daughter , must never fail to be a model of wisdom and a type of perfection . now , madame danglars feared eug
她原来指望这桩婚事可以使她摆脱监护的责任，因为对于一个个性象欧热妮这样的一位姑娘，她的监护工作让人感到很头疼的而且，要维持一个家庭的融洽，家庭里必须要有默契的谅解，一个母亲必师继续不断地在智慧和品德方面做一个典范，才会被她的女儿喜欢，但腾格拉尔夫人却害怕欧热妮的明察和亚密莱小姐给她女儿出的点子。