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基本釋義

vt.
維持; 支撐,支持; 遭受,忍受; 供養(yǎng)

詞性變化

實用例句

Which planets can sustain life?

哪些行星可以維持生命的存在?

牛津詞典

The love and support of his family sustained him during his time in prison.

家人的關(guān)愛和支持幫助他度過了獄中的歲月。

牛津詞典

a period of sustained economic growth

經(jīng)濟持續(xù)增長的時期

牛津詞典

a sustained attack

持續(xù)的攻擊

牛津詞典

She managed to sustain everyone's interest until the end of her speech.

她使每個人興趣盎然,一直聽她把話講完。

牛津詞典

to sustain damage/an injury/a defeat

遭受損失;受傷;遭到失敗

牛津詞典

The company sustained losses of millions of dollars.

公司遭受了數(shù)百萬元的巨大損失。

牛津詞典

The evidence is not detailed enough to sustain his argument.

這一證據(jù)過于籠統(tǒng),不足以證明他的論點。

牛津詞典

The ice will not sustain your weight.

這冰承受不了你的體重。

牛津詞典

The court sustained his claim that the contract was illegal.

法庭支持他的觀點,認定該合同不合法。

牛津詞典

Objection sustained ! (= said by a judge when a lawyer makes an objection in court)

反對成立!

牛津詞典

But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age...

而他從青年時期一直到老年都始終保持著強烈的社會良知。

The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow.

地球上生命可以存活下來的地域范圍是非常狹小的。

Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage...

那里的每架飛機都受到了一些損壞。

A seventeen-year-old tourist died late last night of injuries sustained in yesterday's bomb blast.

一位 17 歲的游客在昨天的炸彈爆炸中受傷并于當天深夜身亡。

The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season...

從經(jīng)濟作物中獲得的收益能幫助他們度過不景氣的時期。

I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life...

這些支持的信件和人們每天對我的鼓勵一直支撐著我。

Obviously, if the various bars sustain forces they will undergo extension or contraction.

很明顯, 如果各桿受力,就會發(fā)生伸長或縮短.

辭典例句

It will enhance our competitiveness both within Hong Kong and internationally to sustain our economic growth.

提高香港內(nèi)部和在國際間的競爭力,推動我們的經(jīng)濟持續(xù)增長.

期刊摘選

As you go to eat, commune with the species giving of their life to sustain oneself.

如果你準備進食, 請跟為你維生而貢獻生命的物種交流.

期刊摘選

真題例句

A new Peabody study of the Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K program reports that pre-K works, but the gains are not sustained through the third grade.

出自-2016年6月閱讀原文

But, in the years that followed, her sustained tutoring suggested that Kafka might be wrong about the solitude.

出自-2015年12月閱讀原文

marriages are hard to sustain without social or family pressures

出自-2013年6月閱讀原文

The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain Across the country, many similar families were unable to maintain the initial boost in morale(士氣).

出自-2012年6月閱讀原文

It cannot be sustained when friends move far apart.

出自-2012年12月聽力原文

Some of those small mammals help to sustain such big birds as golden eagles.

2019年6月四級真題(第二套)聽力 Section C

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月閱讀原文

For almost five centuries a very large supply of cod 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月閱讀原文

Without sustained external pressure it seems certain Mr.

出自-2016年12月閱讀原文

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月閱讀原文

not be sustained in the long term

出自-2010年12月閱讀原文

Group exercise is one of the most effective ways to improve physical fitness and sustain a healthy lifestyle.

2015年高考英語福建卷 閱讀理解 閱讀E 原文

However, Allen believed that the unconscious mind generates as much action as the conscious mind, and while we may be able to sustain the illusion of control through the conscious mind alone, in reality we are continually faced with a question: “Why cannot I make myself do this or achieve that? ”Since desire and will are damaged by the presence of thoughts that do not accord with desire, Allen concluded : “ We do not attract what we want, but what we are.

出自-2011年考研翻譯原文

The most loyal customers would still get the product they favor, the idea goes, and they’d feel like they were helping sustain the quality of something they believe in.

出自-2016年考研閱讀原文

A "town of culture" could be not just about the arts but about honoring a town's peculiarities-helping sustain its high street, supporting local facilities and above all celebrating its people and turn it into action.

2020年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

But because hard laughter is difficult to sustain, a good laugh is unlikely to have measurable benefits the way, say, walking or jogging does.

2011年考研真題(英語一)完形填空 Section Ⅰ

The most loyal customers would still get the product they favor, the idea goes, and they'd feel like they were helping sustain the quality of something they believe in.

2016年考研真題(英語一)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

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"

同義詞辨析

back, uphold, support, sustain, advocate

這些動詞均有"支持,支援,擁護"之意。

  • back: 通常指對論點、行動、事業(yè)等的強有力支持。
  • uphold: 既可指積極努力對陷入困境者的支持,也可指給某人在行動、道義或信仰上的支持。
  • support: 含義廣泛,多指在道義上或物質(zhì)上支持某人,也可指對某項事業(yè)的支持。
  • sustain: 側(cè)重指連續(xù)不斷的支持。
  • advocate: 多指通過寫文章或發(fā)表演說等來支持或擁護,往往暗示提倡某事或為某事辯護。

undergo, experience, sustain, suffer

這些動詞均有"經(jīng)歷,經(jīng)受,遭受"之意。

  • undergo: 多指經(jīng)受艱難、痛苦、不愉快或危險等事。
  • experience: 指親身經(jīng)受或體驗?zāi)呈隆?/li>
  • sustain: 指遭受痛苦或承受負擔。
  • suffer常可與sustain通用,尤指受到損害或傷害。

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