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Sustained Sustain Verb 例:The Cash 英[Səˈsteɪn 美[Səˈsten Vt.维持;支撑,支持;遭受,忍受;供养

单词 sustain
音标
英[səˈsteɪn] 美[səˈsten]
解释
vt.维持;支撑,支持;遭受,忍受;供养;
例句

VERB
使持续;保持
If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.
例: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。
例: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。

VERB
经受;遭受;蒙受
If you sustain something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you.
例:Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage...那里的每架飞机都受到了一些损坏。
例: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。

VERB
支持;支援;救济
If something sustains you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement.
例: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。
例: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。
变形
third:sustains~done:sustained~ing:sustaining~past:sustained~

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