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单词 self-supporting
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Definition of self-supporting in English:

self-supporting

adjective
  • 1Having the resources to be able to survive without outside assistance.

    自我保障的;自给的

    the colonies must be, if nothing else, self-supporting
    a self-supporting sea eagle population
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were single self-supporting women who lived in pairs or groups, sometimes in settlement houses, and worked as teachers or pioneered in such new professions open to women as librarianship and social work.
    • All that said, there's a remarkable string of musicals - especially from the 1940s onward - that feature independent, self-supporting women.
    • Today, they are not only self-supporting, economically empowered with a strong sense of self-esteem, but they are also playing an active role in nation building.
    • To become self-supporting in the future and to be no longer a financial burden for our sponsor club we have decided to raise money with charity activities.
    • In this instance, over time they should become financially self-supporting.
    • As a self-supporting enterprise, space flight is far more costly than air travel.
    • One possibility was to insist on the right to work and earn a self-supporting wage whenever circumstances dictated that they enter the labor market.
    • The CCI wanted the company to be self-supporting by the end of the five-year agreement.
    • Artists are mostly self-supporting, although 7 percent of the national budget was devoted to recreational and cultural activities in 1996 and 1997.
    • Artists are self-supporting and are forced to seek markets outside the country.
    • Such a cost-benefit ratio lends weight to the proposition that, in many cases, infrastructure can be self-supporting, generating its own land value revenue source.
    • The idea is for local communities to manage the land, wildlife, and natural resources so they are profitable, and ultimately, self-supporting.
    • The independent consultant with any hope of being self-supporting must have an organized library of information available at a moment's notice.
    • Such a system is expensive to establish, but once it is in place, it is self-supporting.
    • With government support, Cuban agriculture began to react to its immediate needs: to develop a sustainable, self-supporting agricultural system using renewable resources.
    • Fee increases for students without bachelor's degrees were particularly difficult for self-supporting students, many of whom were low-income and minority students.
    • A self-supporting population may also give international zoos the opportunity to have a platypus.
    • Colonies were expected to be financially self-supporting and their revenues consequently often bore the heavy costs of defence and the campaigns of conquest.
    • Rather, the Church is to be self-extending, self-governing, and self-supporting because these characteristics arise from the nature of Christian faith.
    • Canterbury was self-governing, self-supporting and self-reliant.
    Synonyms
    self-sufficient, self-sustaining, self-reliant, self-standing, able to stand on one's own two feet, living on one's hump
    self-contained, independent, self-made, autarkic, autarkical
  • 2Staying up or upright without being supported by something else.

    自撑的

    arches were originally self-supporting structures

    拱门原为自撑式结构。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The prefabricated broadcast studios feature magnetically attached fabric wrapped panels and a self-supporting wood panel system that is isolated from the booths to maintain acoustical integrity.
    • Because of their self-supporting design, timber-frame homes can offer large areas of wall space for windows, making them particularly suitable for passive-solar design.
    • In addition, the mechanical bond allows the structure to become self-supporting.
    • That's why I've come up with my own solution to make this little corner of the page self-supporting.

Derivatives

  • self-support

  • noun ˌsɛlfsəˈpɔːtˌsɛlfsəˈpɔrt
    mass noun
    • The condition of surviving without outside assistance.

      自我保障的;自给的

      they have little education or means of self-support
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Is there a middle-class person in America who doesn't understand the relation of education and skills to self-support in the twenty-first century?
      • The local reaction has disempowered many young people and denied them access to self-support and to the support of others who share their concerns.
      • The continuing hope behind all this is that teenagers completing courses acquire skills and self-confidence for job hunting or self-support.

Rhymes

unsporting

Definition of self-supporting in US English:

self-supporting

adjectiveˈˌself səˈpôrdiNGˈˌsɛlf səˈpɔrdɪŋ
  • 1Having the resources to be able to survive without outside assistance.

    自我保障的;自给的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Today, they are not only self-supporting, economically empowered with a strong sense of self-esteem, but they are also playing an active role in nation building.
    • The independent consultant with any hope of being self-supporting must have an organized library of information available at a moment's notice.
    • As a self-supporting enterprise, space flight is far more costly than air travel.
    • A self-supporting population may also give international zoos the opportunity to have a platypus.
    • Rather, the Church is to be self-extending, self-governing, and self-supporting because these characteristics arise from the nature of Christian faith.
    • Artists are self-supporting and are forced to seek markets outside the country.
    • Fee increases for students without bachelor's degrees were particularly difficult for self-supporting students, many of whom were low-income and minority students.
    • Canterbury was self-governing, self-supporting and self-reliant.
    • They were single self-supporting women who lived in pairs or groups, sometimes in settlement houses, and worked as teachers or pioneered in such new professions open to women as librarianship and social work.
    • One possibility was to insist on the right to work and earn a self-supporting wage whenever circumstances dictated that they enter the labor market.
    • To become self-supporting in the future and to be no longer a financial burden for our sponsor club we have decided to raise money with charity activities.
    • Such a system is expensive to establish, but once it is in place, it is self-supporting.
    • In this instance, over time they should become financially self-supporting.
    • The idea is for local communities to manage the land, wildlife, and natural resources so they are profitable, and ultimately, self-supporting.
    • All that said, there's a remarkable string of musicals - especially from the 1940s onward - that feature independent, self-supporting women.
    • Such a cost-benefit ratio lends weight to the proposition that, in many cases, infrastructure can be self-supporting, generating its own land value revenue source.
    • The CCI wanted the company to be self-supporting by the end of the five-year agreement.
    • Artists are mostly self-supporting, although 7 percent of the national budget was devoted to recreational and cultural activities in 1996 and 1997.
    • Colonies were expected to be financially self-supporting and their revenues consequently often bore the heavy costs of defence and the campaigns of conquest.
    • With government support, Cuban agriculture began to react to its immediate needs: to develop a sustainable, self-supporting agricultural system using renewable resources.
    Synonyms
    self-sufficient, self-sustaining, self-reliant, self-standing, able to stand on one's own two feet, living on one's hump
  • 2Staying up or upright without being supported by something else.

    自撑的

    arches were originally self-supporting structures

    拱门原为自撑式结构。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In addition, the mechanical bond allows the structure to become self-supporting.
    • Because of their self-supporting design, timber-frame homes can offer large areas of wall space for windows, making them particularly suitable for passive-solar design.
    • The prefabricated broadcast studios feature magnetically attached fabric wrapped panels and a self-supporting wood panel system that is isolated from the booths to maintain acoustical integrity.
    • That's why I've come up with my own solution to make this little corner of the page self-supporting.
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