| 单词 | self-sustaining |
| 释义 | self-sustaining (once / 15573 pages) adj WORD FAMILY sustaining: self-sustaining+/sustain: sustainable, sustained, sustainer, sustaining, sustainment, sustains, sustenance/sustainable: sustainability, sustainably/sustained: self-sustained, sustainedly/sustainer: sustainers/sustainment: sustainments/sustenance: sustenances USAGE EXAMPLES“Almost no ferry system in the country is self-sustaining,” said Lauren Brand, an associate administrator for the Maritime Administration. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) But like everyone else, she can’t conceive even the possibility of the self-sustaining malice that fuels Iago. New York Times(Dec 12, 2016) Our television critic says that Mr. Trump appears to be his own self-sustaining news cycle, creating events and then commenting on and consuming them. New York Times(Dec 12, 2016) adj able to provide for your own needs without help from others Syn self-sufficient, self-sufficing independent free from external control and constraint |
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