self-sustainingadj.

Brit.

/ˌsɛlfsəˈsteɪnɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌsɛlfsəˈsteɪnɪŋ/

Forms: see self- prefix and sustaining adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, sustaining adj.

Etymology: < self- prefix + sustaining adj. Compare earlier self-sufficient adj.

That survives or thrives without external assistance or support; esp. financially self-sufficient. Also of a physical object or structure: that remains in position without support.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective] > self-sufficient

suffisanta1340

sufficient for (to) oneself1382

substantive1543

self-suffisant1589

self-sufficient1596

self-sustaining1598

self-contained1605

self-subsisting1608

self-supporting1632

self-dependent1642

self-full1642

self-subsistent1646

self-sufficing1647

self-relying1648

self-depending1669

independent1670

self-sustained1675

unbenefitable1688

self-sufficed1709

self-supported1736

self-containing1826

self-reliant1834

autarkic1883

1598 S. Rowlands Betraying of Christ sig. Eij Oh Charity of wondrous Admiration,..Not crauing ease for selfe sustaining woes, But fauour for his persecuting foes.

1797 S. J. Pratt Family Secrets V. lvii. 588 A tender, solitary, self-sustaining young woman.

1844 R. W. Emerson Emancipation Negroes 28 The self-sustaining class of inventive and industrious men.

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 354 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The earth-banks..should..be sufficiently sloped to be self-sustaining.

1927 Amer. Mercury May 56/1 He was not secretive, exactly, but so self-dependent, so self-sustaining.

1957 O. R. McGregor Divorce in Eng. iii. 75 The peasant or domestic worker's family of pre-industrialist days..was largely a self-sustaining economic unit.

2010 Field Feb. 87/2 An excellent, self-sustaining population of wild brown trout.

Derivatives

self-suˈstainingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adverb] > self-sufficiently

self-sufficiently1646

upright1823

self-dependently1847

self-reliantly1853

self-sustainingly1858

1858 Bradford Observer 3 June 4/4 The privilege of living self-sustainingly.

1905 W. Tuckwell Reminisc. Radical Parson xii. 173 Healthily, happily, self-sustainingly at work.

2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 25 Aug. (Review section) 11/2 Libya today is no more stable, or self-sustainingly democratic, than Iraq.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	self-sustaining
释义	self-sustainingadj. Brit. /ˌsɛlfsəˈsteɪnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌsɛlfsəˈsteɪnɪŋ/ Forms: see self- prefix and sustaining adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: self- prefix, sustaining adj. Etymology: < self- prefix + sustaining adj. Compare earlier self-sufficient adj. That survives or thrives without external assistance or support; esp. financially self-sufficient. Also of a physical object or structure: that remains in position without support. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective] > self-sufficient suffisanta1340 sufficient for (to) oneself1382 substantive1543 self-suffisant1589 self-sufficient1596 self-sustaining1598 self-contained1605 self-subsisting1608 self-supporting1632 self-dependent1642 self-full1642 self-subsistent1646 self-sufficing1647 self-relying1648 self-depending1669 independent1670 self-sustained1675 unbenefitable1688 self-sufficed1709 self-supported1736 self-containing1826 self-reliant1834 autarkic1883 1598 S. Rowlands Betraying of Christ sig. Eij Oh Charity of wondrous Admiration,..Not crauing ease for selfe sustaining woes, But fauour for his persecuting foes. 1797 S. J. Pratt Family Secrets V. lvii. 588 A tender, solitary, self-sustaining young woman. 1844 R. W. Emerson Emancipation Negroes 28 The self-sustaining class of inventive and industrious men. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 354 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The earth-banks..should..be sufficiently sloped to be self-sustaining. 1927 Amer. Mercury May 56/1 He was not secretive, exactly, but so self-dependent, so self-sustaining. 1957 O. R. McGregor Divorce in Eng. iii. 75 The peasant or domestic worker's family of pre-industrialist days..was largely a self-sustaining economic unit. 2010 Field Feb. 87/2 An excellent, self-sustaining population of wild brown trout. Derivatives self-suˈstainingly adv. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adverb] > self-sufficiently self-sufficiently1646 upright1823 self-dependently1847 self-reliantly1853 self-sustainingly1858 1858 Bradford Observer 3 June 4/4 The privilege of living self-sustainingly. 1905 W. Tuckwell Reminisc. Radical Parson xii. 173 Healthily, happily, self-sustainingly at work. 2013 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 25 Aug. (Review section) 11/2 Libya today is no more stable, or self-sustainingly democratic, than Iraq. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1598
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