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sustain sustain ★★★☆☆/səste͟ɪn/1[VERB	动词]使持续；保持 If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.   [V n]  [V-ed]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。...a period of sustained economic growth throughout 1995.1995 年全年经济持续增长时期2[VERB	动词]经受；遭受；蒙受 If you sustain something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you.   [V n]  [V-ed]  [FORMAL 正式]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。3[VERB	动词]支持；支援；救济 If something sustains you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement.   [V n]  [V-ed]  [FORMAL 正式]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。Sustained by this wonderful breakfast, it was with restored morale that we re-boarded our plane.这顿丰盛的早餐补充了我们的体力，我们又精神焕发地登上了飞机。 sustainsus‧tain /səˈsteɪn/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb [transitive]  Entry menu Word Origin Verb Table Examples Collocations Word family 1make something continue to make something continue to exist or happen for a period of time  SYN  maintain:  She found it difficult to sustain the children’s interest. He was incapable of sustaining close relationships with women. the policies necessary to sustain economic growth →sustained2suffer formal to suffer damage, an injury, or loss of money:  Two of the firefighters sustained serious injuries. Some nearby buildings sustained minor damage. The company has sustained heavy financial losses this year.3food/drink formal if food or drink sustains a person, animal, or plant, it makes them able to continue living → sustenance:  They gave me barely enough food to sustain me.4give strength formal to make someone feel strong and hopeful:  The thought of seeing her again was all that sustained me.5weight formal to hold up the weight of something  SYN  support:  He leant against her so heavily that she could barely sustain his weight.6idea formal to support an idea or argument, or prove that it is right:  This argument is difficult to sustain.

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Collins	sustain ★★★☆☆ /səste͟ɪn/ 1 [VERB 动词]使持续；保持 If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time. [V n] [V-ed] 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。 ...a period of sustained economic growth throughout 1995. 1995 年全年经济持续增长时期 2 [VERB 动词]经受；遭受；蒙受 If you sustain something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you. [V n] [V-ed] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 3 [VERB 动词]支持；支援；救济 If something sustains you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement. [V n] [V-ed] [FORMAL 正式] 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。 Sustained by this wonderful breakfast, it was with restored morale that we re-boarded our plane. 这顿丰盛的早餐补充了我们的体力，我们又精神焕发地登上了飞机。
Oxford	sus·tain AWL / səˈsteɪn ; NAmE səˈsteɪn / verb 1 sustainsb/sth to provide enough of what sb/sth needs in order to live or exist 维持（生命、生存） ◆ Which planets can sustain life? 哪些行星可以维持生命的存在？ ◆ The love and support of his family sustained him during his time in prison. 家人的关爱和支持帮助他度过了狱中的岁月。 2 sustainsth to make sth continue for some time without becoming less 使保持；使稳定持续 SYN maintain ◆ a period of sustained economic growth 经济持续增长的时期 ◆ a sustained attack 持续的攻击 ◆ She managed to sustain everyone's interest until the end of her speech. 她使每个人兴趣盎然，一直听她把话讲完。 3 sustainsth ( formal) to experience sth bad 遭受；蒙受；经受 SYN suffer ◆ to sustain damage/an injury/a defeat 遭受损失；受伤；遭到失败 ◆ The company sustained lossesof millions of dollars. 公司遭受了数以百万元计的巨大损失。 4 sustainsth to provide evidence to support an opinion, a theory, etc. 证明；证实 SYN uphold ◆ The evidence is not detailed enough to sustain his argument. 这一证据过于笼统，不足以证明他的论点。 5 sustainsth ( formal) to support a weight without breaking or falling 支撑；承受住 SYN bear ◆ The ice will not sustain your weight. 这冰承受不了你的体重。 6 sustainsth ( law 律 ) to decide that a claim, etc. is valid 认可；确认；准许；支持 SYN uphold ◆ The court sustained his claim that the contract was illegal. 法庭支持他的观点，认定该合同不合法。 ◆ Objection sustained! (= said by a judge when a lawyer makes an objectionin court) 反对成立！ sustain sustains sustained sustaining sus·tain / səˈsteɪn ; NAmE səˈsteɪn /
LDC	sustainsus‧tain /səˈsteɪn/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb [transitive] Entry menu Word Origin Verb Table Examples Collocations Word family 1make something continue to make something continue to exist or happen for a period of time SYN maintain: She found it difficult to sustain the children’s interest. He was incapable of sustaining close relationships with women. the policies necessary to sustain economic growth → sustained 2suffer formal to suffer damage, an injury, or loss of money: Two of the firefighters sustained serious injuries. Some nearby buildings sustained minor damage. The company has sustained heavy financial losses this year.3food/drink formal if food or drink sustains a person, animal, or plant, it makes them able to continue living → sustenance: They gave me barely enough food to sustain me.4give strength formal to make someone feel strong and hopeful: The thought of seeing her again was all that sustained me.5weight formal to hold up the weight of something SYN support: He leant against her so heavily that she could barely sustain his weight.6idea formal to support an idea or argument, or prove that it is right: This argument is difficult to sustain.
WDF	sustain [səˈsteɪn]sustained, sustaining, sustains CET4CET6TEM4考研GRETOEFLIELTS v3005 11299 1352 830 2525 1819 4773 VERB3711 294278 Spoken: 38237337 sustained[3404] sustaining[490] sustains[407] 维持(69%)，支持(16%)，承受(13%)，认可(1%)，经受(1%) vt.维持；支撑，承担；忍受；供养；证实

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