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单词 sustain
释义 sustain
 —sustainable,  adj.   —sustainability,  n.   —sustainedly /seuh stay"nid lee, -staynd"-/,  adv.   —sustainingly,  adv.   —sustainment,  n.  
 /seuh stayn"/,  v.t.  
  1. to support, hold, or bear up from below; bear the weight of, as a structure.
  2. to bear (a burden, charge, etc.).
  3. to undergo, experience, or suffer (injury, loss, etc.); endure without giving way or yielding.
  4. to keep (a person, the mind, the spirits, etc.) from giving way, as under trial or affliction.
  5. to keep up or keep going, as an action or process: to sustain a conversation.
  6. to supply with food, drink, and other necessities of life.
  7. to provide for (an institution or the like) by furnishing means or funds.
  8. to support (a cause or the like) by aid or approval.
  9. to uphold as valid, just, or correct, as a claim or the person making it: The judge sustained the lawyer's objection.
  10. to confirm or corroborate, as a statement: Further investigation sustained my suspicions.
 [1250-1300; ME suste(i)nen < AF sustenir, OF < L sustinere to uphold, equiv. to sus- SUS- + -tinere, comb. form of tenere to hold]
 Syn. 1. carry. See support. 3. bear. 5. maintain.
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