| 单词 | sustain |
| 释义 | sus·tain transitive verb 1. < if the director be sustained in the general endeavor to make the observatory useful — Cleveland Abbe > < they had behind them no great organization such as that which sustained French and his colleagues — F.W.Crofts > < the officer witnesses … with a record of service to their country to sustain them — H.W.Baldwin > 2. < plant life sustains the living world — D.C.Peattie > < commitment of trained men to the machines that sustain war — C.W.deKiewiet > < the sort of defense which our economy can sustain — W.F.Knowland > < settlements along the seacoast … are sustained by the fishing trade — American Guide Series: New Jersey > < preached as he never preached before, sustaining himself with lemon juice and vegetables — Time > 3. a. < found it difficult to sustain an interest in their talk — L.C.Douglas > < the sort of writing which early established and has long sustained his reputation — Bliss Perry > < policies which they said would be needed to sustain prosperity — Fritz Sternberg > < the civil war period was lived at a high tension that could not be sustained — H.L.Matthews > < dissatisfaction with the work of the legislatures sustains the efforts of those critics — A.N.Holcombe > < difficult for even the most attentive and genuinely musical listener to sustain maximum attention every minute — Hunter Mead > < too fatigued to sustain a consecutive conversation — Lucien Price > b. (1) (2) 4. a. < bones are the solid elements of structure that sustain the body — Morris Fishbein > < pins suitable for sustaining kilts — Ashley Halsey > b. < the dam … could not sustain the heavy head of water — American Guide Series: Minnesota > < beam … had to be much thicker in order to sustain even the same weight — S.F.Mason > 5. < the scientist … is sustained, as are the religious, by a profound and unshakable faith — P.B.Sears > < excitement sustained me — Polly Adler > < hope that had sustained them — Frank Yerby > < sustain the morale of the civilian population — R.D.W.Connor > < I read history to sustain myself in the violent confusions of these years — Ralph Bates > < comfort and sustain the parents — Agnes S. Turnbull > 6. a. < I couldn't sustain such an act — Rex Ingamells > < a man bravely sustaining the burden of fear — Time > < he would wonder whether he could ever again sustain a year's teaching — Lucien Price > b. < the tremendous nervous shock which has been sustained — H.G.Armstrong > < sustained a concussion of the brain — Allan Nevins > c. < must be prepared to sustain heavy losses — Bruce Bliven b. 1889 > < the walls of its building bear bullet scars sustained in a riot — American Guide Series: New York City > 7. a. b. < the court sustained the motion > 8. < testimony that sustains our contention > < a thesis which no one … could conceivably sustain — Times Literary Supplement > 9. < no reason why she should not have sustained both roles — Anthony Powell > < directing that no letter or message be received on any occasion whatsoever from the enemy … but such as should be directed to them in the characters they respectively sustained — H.E.Scudder > intransitive verb < beyond a country's capacity to sustain, it recommended grants rather than loans — Americas > Synonyms: see experience, support |
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