| 单词 | sustenance |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['sʌstinəns] |
| 解释 | n.食物，粮食；生计 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.食物，粮食 (food, provisions)；生计(means of support, maintenance, or subsistence) |
| 字源 | sustenance (n.) c.1300, "means of living, subsistence, livelihood," from Old French sostenance "support, aid" (Modern French soutenance), from Late Latin sustinentia "endurance," from present participle stem of Latin sustinere (see sustain). Meaning "action of sustaining life by food" is from late 14c. Sense of "nourishment" is recorded from late 15c. Related: Sustenant. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 食物(维持生命或健康的东西); 生计 = livelihood 【记】源于: sustain(v 支撑; 维持) 【参】sustained(adj 持续不变的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】来自sustain |
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