sustain
sustain 英 [səˈsteɪn] 美 [səˈsten]
vt. 维持；支撑；遭受
进行时:sustaining 过去式:sustained 过去分词:sustained 第三人称单数:sustains
- Sustain means to support something or keep it going. If you get hungry in the mid-afternoon, you might try snacking to sustain your energy through dinner.
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- vt. 维持；支撑；遭受
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1. Which planets can sustain life?
哪些行星可以维持生命的存在？
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2. a period of sustained economic growth
经济持续增长的时期
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3. a sustained attack
持续的攻击
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4. to sustain damage, to sustain an injury
遭受损失；受伤
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5. The company sustained lossesof millions of dollars.
公司遭受了数以百万元计的巨大损失。
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6. 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。
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7. The ice will not sustain your weight.
这冰承受不了你的体重。
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8. 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。
- sustain (v.) c. 1300, "give support to," from stem of Old French sostenir "hold up, bear; suffer, endure" (13c.), from Latin sustinere "hold up, hold upright; furnish with means of support; bear, undergo, endure," from assimilated form of sub "up from below" (see sub-) + tenere "to hold," from PIE root *ten- "to stretch." Meaning "continue, keep up" (an action, etc.) is from early 14c. Sense of "endure without failing or yielding" is from c. 1400. Related: Sustained; sustaining.
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