To keep in existence, maintain, preserve.
| 单词 | θ88687 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > preserve from injury or destruction [verb (transitive)] > preserve in existence or maintain (16) at-holdc1220 To keep in existence, maintain, preserve. to hold upc1290 figurative. To support, sustain, maintain, keep up. maintaina1325 transitive. To uphold, back up, stand by, support the cause of (a person, a party, etc.); to defend, protect, assist; to support or uphold in an… sustainc1390 transitive. To keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from failing or giving way; to strengthen the spirits or resolution of; to give… sustent?a1425 transitive. = sustain, v. (in various senses). preserve1427 transitive. To keep in its original or existing state; to make lasting; to maintain or keep alive (a memory, name, etc.). sustentate1542 transitive. To sustain; (in later use) esp. to give sustenance or support to. Subcategories:— specifically a person or vital functions (2) — specifically a concrete object (1) — institutions or conditions (3) — properties such as heat, taste, etc. (2) — beyond natural or reasonable span (1) |
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