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sus·tain AHD[sə-stānʹ] D.J.[səˈsteɪn]K.K.[səˈsten]v.tr.（及物动词）sus.tained, sus.tain.ing, sus.tains - To keep in existence; maintain.继续生存；维持
- To supply with necessities or nourishment; provide for.补给，提供：供给必需品及营养；提供
- To support from below; keep from falling or sinking; prop.支撑：从下边支持；防止摔下或下沉；支撑
- To support the spirits, vitality, or resolution of; encourage.支持，鼓舞：支撑…的精神、生命力或决心；鼓励
- To bear up under; withstand:承受；抵抗：can't sustain the blistering heat.无法忍受酷热
- To experience or suffer:经历或遭受：sustained a fatal injury.See Synonyms at experience 遭受致命的伤害 参见 experience
- To affirm the validity of:确定，认可：确认…的有效性：The judge has sustained the prosecutor's objection.法官确认原告反对为有效
- To prove or corroborate; confirm.证明或确证；证实
- To keep up (a joke or an assumed role, for example) competently.胜任：称职地维持（一笑话或角色）
- Middle English sustenen 中古英语 sustenen
- from Old French sustenir 源自 古法语 sustenir
- from Latin sustinēre 源自 拉丁语 sustinēre
- sub- [from below] * see sub- sub- [从下边] * 参见 sub-
- tenēre [to hold] * see ten- tenēre [支持] * 参见 ten-
sustain'abilʹity n.（名词）sustainʹable adj.（形容词）sustainʹer n.（名词）sustainʹment n.（名词） |