| 单词 | sustain |
| 释义 | sustain (səsteɪn ) Word forms: sustains , sustaining , sustained 1. verb If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time. But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age. [VERB noun] The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow. [VERB noun] ...a period of sustained economic growth throughout 1995. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: maintain, continue, keep up, prolong 2. verb If you sustain something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you. [formal] Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage. [VERB noun] A tourist died of injuries sustained in the bomb blast. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: suffer, experience, undergo, feel 3. verb If something sustains you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement. [formal] The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season. [VERB noun] I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life. [VERB noun] Sustained by this wonderful breakfast, we boarded our plane. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: help, aid, comfort, foster Collocations: sustain a level How they have been able to sustain this level has been unbelievable for me to watch. Times, Sunday Times But no one should be too surprised if he manages to sustain his level of success. The Sun We couldn't sustain the level in the second half because we didn't have the required fitness. Times, Sunday Times In the end, it simply became too exhausting to sustain that level of anxiety. Times, Sunday Times And if he can sustain that level throughout this week, great things can happen. Times, Sunday Times He said the two fusiliers who were injured had sustained their wounds in the brawl between fellow soldiers before they entered his bar. Times, Sunday Times During this time he sustained a wound that cost him the use of one of his eyes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After sustaining a wound that impaired his vision, he was downed in the 7th round and never rose. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Injuries are not isolated to just those who were directly in the flood, rescue teams and even people delivering supplies can sustain an injury. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 When they got to his house he was holding his face, which had sustained injuries. Times,Sunday Times The pursuer averred that when working for the first defender he sustained injury to his hand when using an unguarded electrical circular saw. Times, Sunday Times He sustained an injury to his right shoulder in 2006 that needed full reconstruction. Times, Sunday Times Her problems began in 1979, when she sustained an injury following a fall from a tree while building a swing for her grandchildren. Christianity Today Translations: Chinese: 保持 Japanese: 持続する |
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