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

self-sustaining

adjective sɛlfsəˈsteɪnɪŋ
  • Able to continue in a healthy state without outside assistance.

    自我维持的;独立生存的

    the studies throw doubt on whether these businesses are really self-sustaining

    研究使人对这些企业是否真的能够独立生存产生怀疑。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An autopoietic system is basically a self-made and self-sustaining ensemble.
    • We believe that self-sustaining populations of native species indicate a healthy or at least a recovering landscape.
    • The aim was to ultimately make the savings and credit system self-sustaining, so that it would not rely on outside funding to keep the office and staff running.
    • At that level, the $10,000 all-inclusive tuition is enough to make the program self-sustaining.
    • He said that by careful planning, the school had been able to make their agricultural science programme self-sustaining.
    • Described as ‘waterlogged wealth’, a wetland is a self-sustaining unit.
    • The church currently maintains 13 ministries in Europe, many of which are not self-sustaining and run at a cost to parishioners based in Scotland.
    • She has organized focus groups on barriers preventing community-based women from becoming self-sustaining.
    • ‘Broad and self-sustaining growth is still not being observed,’ Hahlen added.
    • A terrarium is a beautiful little self-contained, self-sustaining universe.
    • Except in rare instances new democracies could not be regarded as self-sustaining, and might require constant correction of one kind or another.
    • Essentially, once the loan system is put in place, you do away with subsidies as it becomes self-sustaining in 4 or 5 years.
    • The battle becomes a self-sustaining goal unto itself.
    • Ultimately, to qualify as being alive, an organism must be self-regulating and self-sustaining.
    • Thus, by making trade fairer, it would not only save governments enormous sums of money but also allow those countries to be more self-sustaining.
    • I actually consider them a great example of independent culture becoming self-sustaining and successful.
    • The intensions were to create a seasonal fishing industry, a transatlantic operation if you will, not a self-sustaining society.
    • Such regulation and mistaken views can become self-sustaining.
    • Going back to a self-sustaining community is possible even in our cities, which generate the highest concentration of garbage.
    • Our values, ideas and collective memories are not self-sustaining.
    Synonyms
    self-sufficient, self-reliant, self-standing, able to stand on one's own two feet, living on one's hump

Derivatives

  • self-sustained

  • adjective ˌsɛlfsəˈsteɪndˌsɛlfsəˈsteɪnd
    • Able to continue in a healthy state without outside assistance.

      自我维持的;独立生存的

      self-sustained independent businesses
      Example sentencesExamples
      • the technology is completely self-sustained and requires no external energy
      • The project will displace millions of people and uproot their self-sustained living.
      • This takeoff into self-sustained economic dominance can partly be explained by America's huge size, vast resources and the ingenuity of its rapidly burgeoning population.
      • She pointed out that recently, the Chinese music community in Vancouver has become more self-sustained - hosting concerts that are barely mentioned outside of the community.

Rhymes

caning, entertaining, uncomplaining

Definition of self-sustaining in US English:

self-sustaining

adjectiveˈˌself səsˈtāniNG
  • Able to continue in a healthy state without outside assistance.

    自我维持的;独立生存的

    his puny farms were years from being self-sustaining
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The aim was to ultimately make the savings and credit system self-sustaining, so that it would not rely on outside funding to keep the office and staff running.
    • A terrarium is a beautiful little self-contained, self-sustaining universe.
    • Going back to a self-sustaining community is possible even in our cities, which generate the highest concentration of garbage.
    • Thus, by making trade fairer, it would not only save governments enormous sums of money but also allow those countries to be more self-sustaining.
    • ‘Broad and self-sustaining growth is still not being observed,’ Hahlen added.
    • Ultimately, to qualify as being alive, an organism must be self-regulating and self-sustaining.
    • At that level, the $10,000 all-inclusive tuition is enough to make the program self-sustaining.
    • Such regulation and mistaken views can become self-sustaining.
    • Essentially, once the loan system is put in place, you do away with subsidies as it becomes self-sustaining in 4 or 5 years.
    • Except in rare instances new democracies could not be regarded as self-sustaining, and might require constant correction of one kind or another.
    • I actually consider them a great example of independent culture becoming self-sustaining and successful.
    • Our values, ideas and collective memories are not self-sustaining.
    • She has organized focus groups on barriers preventing community-based women from becoming self-sustaining.
    • We believe that self-sustaining populations of native species indicate a healthy or at least a recovering landscape.
    • He said that by careful planning, the school had been able to make their agricultural science programme self-sustaining.
    • The church currently maintains 13 ministries in Europe, many of which are not self-sustaining and run at a cost to parishioners based in Scotland.
    • The intensions were to create a seasonal fishing industry, a transatlantic operation if you will, not a self-sustaining society.
    • Described as ‘waterlogged wealth’, a wetland is a self-sustaining unit.
    • An autopoietic system is basically a self-made and self-sustaining ensemble.
    • The battle becomes a self-sustaining goal unto itself.
    Synonyms
    self-sufficient, self-reliant, self-standing, able to stand on one's own two feet, living on one's hump
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