sustain

英 [səˈsteɪn]

美 [səˈsteɪn]

v.  维持(生命、生存); 使保持; 使稳定持续; 遭受; 蒙受; 经受

过去分词：sustained　现在分词：sustaining　过去式：sustained　第三人称单数：sustains　

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Collins.3 / BNC.2774 / COCA.2986

同义词辨析

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牛津词典

verb

• 维持（生命、生存）
  to provide enough of what sb/sth needs in order to live or exist
  1. Which planets can sustain life?
     哪些行星可以维持生命的存在？
  2. 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。
• 使保持；使稳定持续
  to make sth continue for some time without becoming less
  1. a period of sustained economic growth
     经济持续增长的时期
  2. a sustained attack
     持续的攻击
  3. 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。
• 遭受；蒙受；经受
  to experience sth bad
  1. to sustain damage/an injury/a defeat
     遭受损失；受伤；遭到失败
  2. The company sustained losses of millions of dollars.
     公司遭受了数百万元的巨大损失。
• 证明；证实
  to provide evidence to support an opinion, a theory, etc.
  1. 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。
• 支撑；承受住
  to support a weight without breaking or falling
  1. The ice will not sustain your weight.
     这冰承受不了你的体重。
• 认可；确认；准许；支持
  to decide that a claim, etc. is valid
  1. 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。
  2. Objection sustained ! (= said by a judge when a lawyer makes an objection in court)
     反对成立！

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使持续;保持
  If yousustainsomething, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. ...a period of sustained economic growth throughout 1995.
     1995 年全年经济持续增长时期
• VERB 经受;遭受;蒙受
  If yousustainsomething such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you.
  1. Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage...
     那里的每架飞机都受到了一些损坏。
  2. 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 somethingsustainsyou, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. 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。

英英释义

verb

• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
  1. She suffered a fracture in the accident
  2. He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars
  3. She got a bruise on her leg
  4. He got his arm broken in the scuffle
  Synonym:sufferhaveget
• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
  1. his story confirmed my doubts
  2. The evidence supports the defendant
  Synonym:confirmcorroboratesubstantiatesupportaffirm
• admit as valid
  1. The court sustained the motion
• supply with necessities and support
  1. She alone sustained her family
  2. The money will sustain our good cause
  3. There's little to earn and many to keep
  Synonym:keepmaintain
• provide with nourishment
  1. We sustained ourselves on bread and water
  2. This kind of food is not nourishing for young children
  Synonym:nourishnurture
• be the physical support of
  1. The beam holds up the roof
  2. He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam
  3. What's holding that mirror?
  Synonym:holdsupporthold up
• lengthen or extend in duration or space
  1. We sustained the diplomatic negotiations as long as possible
  2. prolong the treatment of the patient
  3. keep up the good work
  Synonym:prolongkeep up

双语例句

• The people who sustain the worst losses are usually those who overreach.
  不自量力者往往摔得最惨。
• So the big question is: how can we restore and sustain trust?
  所以，一个重要问题是：我们能够恢复和维持信任吗？
• 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。
• I can no longer sustain this form.
  我不能再维持这种状态了。
• The capacity of the environment to sustain economic development and population is finite.
  环境承受经济的发展和人口的能力是有限的。
• Enhance, grow and sustain fair, responsible and profitable dealings with customers.
  加强，发展和维持公平的，负责任的和盈利的客户打交道。
• The pillars sustain the roof of the pit.
  坑道顶用柱子支撑着。
• Pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life.
  终止了物质的生命并失去了所有维持生命身体的属性和功能。
• 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。
• There's a sufficiency of drama in these lives to sustain your interest.
  这些人的生活充满了戏剧性，总能让你兴趣盎然。