sustain
英[s?'ste?n]
美[s?'sten]
- vt. 維持；支撐，承擔；忍受；供養；證實
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?sustains;過去式:?sustained;過去分詞:?sustained;現在分詞:?sustaining;
助記提示
1. sus- "up from below" + -tain.
2. => hold up, support, endure.
中文詞源
sustain 維持，保持，使持續
sus-,在下，向上，-tain,持，握，詞源同 contain,tenure.引申諸相關詞義。
英文詞源
- sustain (v.)
- c. 1300, "give support to," from stem of Old French sostenir "hold up, bear; suffer, endure" (13c.), from Latin sustinere "hold up, hold upright; furnish with means of support; bear, undergo, endure," from sub "up from below" (see sub-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Meaning "continue, keep up" (an action, etc.) is from early 14c. Sense of "endure without failing or yielding" is from c. 1400. Related: Sustained; sustaining.
雙語例句
- 1. There's a sufficiency of drama in these lives to sustain your interest.
- 這些人的生活充滿了戲劇性，總能讓你興趣盎然。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their defense markets are too small to sustain economically viable production runs.
- 他們的國防市場太小，就經濟可行性而言不足以維持生產。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The people who sustain the worst losses are usually those who overreach.
- 不自量力者往往摔得最慘。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Naivety bordering on obtuseness helped sustain his faith.
- 近乎魯鈍的天真使他堅守自己的信仰。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Which planets can sustain life?
- 哪些行星可以維持生命的存在？
來自《權威詞典》