| 词汇 | sustain |
| 释义 | sustain verb[ T ] uk /səˈsteɪn/ us /səˈsteɪn/ sustainverb[T] (CONTINUE)C2 to cause or allow something to continue for a period of time: 保持，维持，使持续，使继续 The economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year.看来经济的增长会持续到明年。 He seems to find it difficult to sustain relationships with women.他似乎觉得和女人维持关系并不容易。 USThe judge sustained (= accepted) the lawyer's objection.法官接受了律师的反对意见。 C2 to keep alive: 维持…的生命，供养 The soil in this part of the world is not rich enough to sustain a large population.这里的土地不够肥沃，无法供养大量的人口。 It proved particularly difficult to sustain the interest of the older children. This year's harvest is insufficient to sustain a growing population. Economic growth cannot be sustained without a rise in inflation. This planet is unable to sustain human or plant life. The team were finally victorious after a sustained effort to succeed. Preserving and saving aspic co-processing conserve deliverer documentalist documentarily lifeguard reclaim recycled reprieve rescue rescuer reusable rewild saviour self-sustaining sustainedly unadopted unappropriated unassigned sustainverb[T] (SUFFER)formal to suffer or experience, especially damage or loss: 经历，遭受（尤指破坏或损失） She sustained multiple injuries in the accident.她在这次事故中多处受伤。 Most buildings sustained only minimal damage in the earthquake.在这次地震中，大多数建筑物受到的破坏都很小。 The company has sustained heavy losses this year.公司今年遭受了严重的亏损。 Experiencing and suffering (straight) from the horse's mouthidiom afflict affliction almost/nearly die of somethingidiom be a martyr to somethingidiom be a victim of your own successidiom bear count go through grip hands-on hit someone where they liveidiom hold onidiom horse ride seat-of-the-pants see lifeidiom stricken suffer the consequences taste sustainverb[T] (SUPPORT)to support emotionally: （情感上）支持 She was sustained by the strength of her religious faith.宗教信仰的力量支撑着她。 The love of my family and friends sustained me through my ordeal.家人和朋友的爱支撑着我渡过了难关。 Backing, supporting & defending adopt advocacy affirmation ally yourself to/with someone argumentation bail out bet buoy champion commitment over-favour pander to someone/something prop something up provide provide for someone root solidly sustenance underpin wave/show/fly the flagidiom sustain noun[ C or U ] music specializeduk /səˈsteɪn/ us /səˈsteɪn/ the act or process of making a note sound for longer, or a note that is made longer in this way: The instrument has a tone all of its own, and a sustain that goes on for ever. The keyboard can produce a range of effects such as sustain, glissando, echo, etc. Technical music terms acciaccatura accidental aeolian aleatory alto clef antiphonal discordant harmonic harmonic progression harmony hemidemisemiquaver inversion overtone ritardando rubato scherzando scordatura secco recitative voice part whole step sustain | American Dictionarysustain verb[ T ] us/səˈsteɪn/ sustainverb[T] (MAINTAIN)to keep something in operation; maintain: It is hard to see what will sustain them when they have no income. sustainverb[T] (SUFFER)fml to suffer or experience damage or loss: She sustained serious injuries in the accident. sustainverb[T] (SUPPORT)to support someone emotionally: Throughout the ordeal, he was sustained by the belief that he would get home. sustain | Business Englishsustain verb[ T ] uk /səˈsteɪn/us to make or allow something to continue for a period of time: The board accepted that the growth rates could not be sustained indefinitely. to experience loss, injury, or damage: As a result of the oil spill, BP sustained heavy losses. The port sustained severe damage in the storm. to provide support for an idea, statement, legal argument, etc.: The data meant the government could not sustain its argument that lower duty on fuel would lead to lower spending on schools and hospitals. Only in one case could the auditors find evidence to sustain a claim of criminal behaviour. Examples of sustainsustain Legumes for sustaining soil fertility in lowland rice. Could the polity sustain pockets of autonomy in key border regions without risking the destabilisation of its interior? This was because of our discovery that in normal development, identical behaviour at two different ages could be sustained by very different underlying representations. However, the activation of semantic representations necessary for the retention of meaning will continue to be sustained in the postsentence retention interval. Ritual communication produces what it is assumed to portray, recreating the world by symbolic action, reinscribing the communication's participants within a world sustained by consensus. Several were relatively young or had a young spouse, and their labour sustained a capital base sufficient to withstand one health or economic crisis. It is unlikely that such a program could be sustained. Stereotypes lacking even a kernel of truth are hard to sustain and unlikely to spread. In addition, levels of trophic substances required for maintenance of neuronal pathways will be better sustained. And high stocks of social capital, in turn, make it possible to sustain social co-operation. The results of quasi-static creep tests demonstrated that the response of biofilms under sustained shear stresses was time dependent. Institutional arrangements and enacted beliefs sustain and reproduce this social grid. By the combined hard work of men, women and even children, these families somehow managed to get by, earning just enough to sustain themselves. It is also apparent that some non-democratic political elites used a cultural argument to sustain their rule and rejection of liberal social norms. Had the commissioners exercised their powers it is likely that the subsidy yield could have been sustained. See all examples of sustain These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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