sustain
sustain
英[səˈsteɪn]美[səˈsteɪn]
vt.维持，支撑，支持，遭受，忍受，供养；
第三人称单数：sustains;
过去式：sustained;
过去分词：sustained;
现在分词：sustaining;
例句
His comforting words helped to sustain me in my faith during those dark days.在那黑暗的日子里,他的安慰支持了我的信念。
How long will you sustain the rudeness of your boss?对你上司的粗暴无礼你还能忍受多久?
We do not have enough money to sustain our campaign for long.我们没有足够的财力使宣传活动长期保持下去。
During the war we had just enough food to sustain us.战争期间, 我们的食物仅够维持生活。
These four posts sustain the entire building.这四根柱子支撑着整座建筑物。
The soil proved too infertile to sustain real pasture or arable crops.这土壤被证明太贫瘠,不能真正用作放牧或种植作物。
The trucking company was able to sustain the severe fuel shortage.该卡车公司能经受得了这严重的汽油短缺.
The current evolutions during address and sustain periods of different electrodes, were calculated , respectively.给出了寻址周期和维持周期各电极上的电流变化过程.
Which planets can sustain life?哪些行星可以维持生命的存在？
The people who sustain the worst losses are usually those who overreach.不自量力者往往摔得*惨。
英语六级真题
The idea is that we are taking more out of what you might call the planet's environmental bank balance than it can sustain; we are living beyond our ecological means.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文For almost five centuries a very large supply of cod ( ' , 鳕 鱼) provided abundant raw material for an industry which at its peak employed about 40,000 people, sustaining entire communities in Newfoundland.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文Without sustained external pressure it seems certain Mr.
出自-2016年12月阅读原文In its 1994 report, the World Bank argued that the current pension system in most countries could not be sustained in the long term.
出自-2010年12月阅读原文not be sustained in the long term
出自-2010年12月阅读原文柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
VERB
使持续;保持
If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.
例句
But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age...而他从青年时期一直到老年都始终保持着强烈的社会良知。The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow.地球上生命可以存活下来的地域范围是非常狭小的。VERB
经受;遭受;蒙受
If you sustain something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you.
例句
Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage...那里的每架飞机都受到了一些损坏。A seventeen-year-old tourist died late last night of injuries sustained in yesterday's bomb blast.一位 17 岁的游客在昨天的炸弹爆炸中受伤并于当天深夜身亡。VERB
支持;支援;救济
If something sustains you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement.
例句
The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season...从经济作物中获得的收益能帮助他们度过不景气的时期。I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life...这些支持的信件和人们每天对我的鼓励一直支撑着我。英汉词典释义
vt.
支撑，支持；承受…的压力(或重量)
These four posts sustain the entire building.这四根柱子支撑着整座建筑物。An unshakable belief sustained me.一种不可动摇的信念支持着我。维持
During the war we had just enough food to sustain us.战争期间, 我们的食物仅够维持生活。长期保持; 使继续; 使保持; 使稳定持续
We do not have enough money to sustain our campaign for long.我们没有足够的财力使宣传活动长期保持下去。经受, 遭受, 蒙受
He sustained a foot injury.他足部受了伤。证明；证实
认可；确认；准许；支持
担负…的费用；承受(负担、指责等)
忍受；忍受住
How long will you sustain the rudeness of your boss?对你上司的粗暴无礼你还能忍受多久?给…以力量(或勇气、信心等)，鼓励，使振作
Sustained by you,I, at long last, finished my work.在你的支持鼓舞下，我终于完成了这部作品。支援；救济
供养，为…提供食物(或生计)，赡养
供应(机关、单位等)
I am in charge of sustaining the first-aid centre with blood plasma.我负责为急救中心供应血浆。扮演(角色)；充分表演(人物)
英英词典释义
Verb
1. lengthen or extend in duration or space;
"We sustained the diplomatic negociations as long as possible""prolong the treatment of the patient""keep up the good work"2. undergo (as of injuries and illnesses);
"She suffered a fracture in the accident""He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars""She got a bruise on her leg""He got his arm broken in the scuffle"3. provide with nourishment;
"We sustained ourselves on bread and water""This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"4. supply with necessities and support;
"She alone sustained her family""The money will sustain our good cause""There's little to earn and many to keep"5. be the physical support of; carry the weight of;
"The beam holds up the roof""He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam""What's holding that mirror?"6. admit as valid;
"The court sustained the motion"7. establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts;
"his story confirmed my doubts""The evidence supports the defendant"行业词典
法律： 维持；确认；
