| 词汇 | sustaining |
| 释义 | sustaining present participle ofsustain 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 reprieve rescue rescuer reusable rewild saviour self-sustaining sustain 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 practical 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 bat bet buoy champion commitment over-favour pander to someone/something prop something up provide provide for someone solidly sustenance underpin wave/show/fly the flagidiom Examples of sustainingsustaining In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Legumes for sustaining soil fertility in lowland rice. Further studies are required to consider the more difficult problem of sustaining fly-free areas in open populations faced with re-invasion pressure. This means that treatment and prevention of mental disorders should help people to develop skills for sustaining and improving their alternative sources of well-being. In general, no matter what society does, sustaining felicity cannot be guaranteed. Resourcefulness was vital in creating and sustaining such a massive imperial entity. From both a practice and research perspective, the issue of sustaining support for parents was important and represents a further system challenge. In practice these ' necessaries ' often took the form of food and fuel, of mutton broth and sustaining porter or port. Sustaining the self in later life : supporting older people in the community. Bratmanian shared activity, then, is hypercommittal: parties must seek agreement and be committed to sustaining it. No matter what the vantage point, the opera can be seen as igniting and sustaining a racial fantasy that entranced playwright, composer and operagoers alike. In the presence of a veto, either the government collapses or, for the sake of sustaining the coalition, all parties agree to delay any decision. We believe that these cells have an integral role, together with cholinergic neurons, in sustaining and propagating rhythmic activity within basalo-cortical-basal circuits. The entanglement of the construction and function of the gravity chronometer shows how experimentation is entangled with the practices sustaining it. The territorial state played a key role in this, sustaining some groups while eroding others. Rehabilitation of tropical lands: a key to sustaining development. 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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