1 VERB 使持续;保持 If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time. 使持续;保持
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But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age. [VERB noun]
而他从青年时期一直到老年都始终保持着强烈的社会良知。
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The parameters within which life can be sustained on Earth are extraordinarily narrow. [VERB noun]
地球上生命可以存活下来的地域范围是非常狭小的。
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...a period of sustained economic growth throughout 1995. [VERB-ed]
1995 年全年经济持续增长时期
SYN maintain, continue, keep up, prolong
2 VERB 经受;遭受;蒙受 If you sustain something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you. 经受;遭受;蒙受 [formal]
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Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage. [VERB noun]
那里的每架飞机都受到了一些损坏。
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A seventeen-year-old tourist died late last night of injuries sustained in yesterday's bomb blast. [VERB-ed]
一位 17 岁的游客在昨天的炸弹爆炸中受伤并于当天深夜身亡。
SYN suffer, experience, undergo, feel
3 VERB 支持;支援;救济 If something sustains you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement. 支持;支援;救济 [formal]
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The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season. [VERB noun]
从经济作物中获得的收益能帮助他们度过不景气的时期。
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I am sustained by letters of support and what people say to me in ordinary daily life. [VERB noun]
这些支持的信件和人们每天对我的鼓励一直支撑着我。
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Sustained by this wonderful breakfast, it was with restored morale that we re-boarded our plane. [VERB-ed]
这顿丰盛的早餐补充了我们的体力,我们又精神焕发地登上了飞机。
SYN help, aid, comfort, foster
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