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sustenance n.维持生计；营养；食物 (1) 他把钱给一穷人家维持生活。(2) 黄瓜没有很多营养。(3) 她因缺乏营养而虚弱。(4) 城市里无家可归的人极其需要食物来维持生命。 If your chief source of sustenance is candy, you are going to get sick, but you will have a good time while it lasts. In much of the world, rice and beans provide sustenance to human beings. In the US, Native Americans taught Europeans how to grow corn, which turned into a major source of sustenance for their population.

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英 ['sʌstənəns] 美 ['sʌstənəns] (1) He gave money for the sustenance of a poor family.(2) There isn't much sustenance in a cucumber.(3) She is weak from lack of sustenance.(4) The urban homeless are often in desperate need of sustenance. Sustenance comes from the word sustain, which means to continue. Sustenance is food or drink that allows you to continue to be alive. For many, prayer is a source of spiritual sustenance. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]食物；营养；养料 Sustenance is food or drink which a person, animal, or plant needs to remain alive and healthy.   [FORMAL 正式]The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else.国家提供基本的日常食物供应，但除此之外就没什么了。

英语单词	sustenance
英美音标	英 ['sʌstənəns] 美 ['sʌstənəns]
中文释义	n.维持生计；营养；食物
英语例句	(1) He gave money for the sustenance of a poor family. (2) There isn't much sustenance in a cucumber. (3) She is weak from lack of sustenance. (4) The urban homeless are often in desperate need of sustenance.
中文例句	(1) 他把钱给一穷人家维持生活。 (2) 黄瓜没有很多营养。 (3) 她因缺乏营养而虚弱。 (4) 城市里无家可归的人极其需要食物来维持生命。
vocabulary简明	Sustenance comes from the word sustain, which means to continue. Sustenance is food or drink that allows you to continue to be alive. For many, prayer is a source of spiritual sustenance.
vocabulary扩展	If your chief source of sustenance is candy, you are going to get sick, but you will have a good time while it lasts. In much of the world, rice and beans provide sustenance to human beings. In the US, Native Americans taught Europeans how to grow corn, which turned into a major source of sustenance for their population.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]食物；营养；养料 Sustenance is food or drink which a person, animal, or plant needs to remain alive and healthy. [FORMAL 正式] The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else. 国家提供基本的日常食物供应，但除此之外就没什么了。

Sustenance Food Source Drink 英 Sʌstənəns] 美 Sʌstənəns N.维持生计；营养；食物