sustain
美 [səˈsteɪn] 
英 [sə'steɪn]
词形变化
第三人称单数：sustains 现在分词：sustaining 过去式：sustained 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | ~ sb/sth 维持（生命、生存）to provide enough of what sb/sth needs in order to live or exist |
| Which planets can sustain life? 哪些行星可以维持生命的存在？ |
| The love and support of his family sustained him during his time in prison. 家人的关爱和支持帮助他度过了狱中的岁月。 |
2. | ~ sth 使保持；使稳定持续to make sth continue for some time without becoming less |
| a period of sustained economic growth 经济持续增长的时期 |
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| She managed to sustain everyone's interest until the end of her speech. 她使每个人兴趣盎然，一直听她把话讲完。 |
3. | ~ sth 遭受；蒙受；经受to experience sth bad |
| to sustain damage/an injury/a defeat 遭受损失；受伤；遭到失败 |
| The company sustained losses of millions of dollars. 公司遭受了数百万元计的巨大损失。 |
4. | ~ sth 证明；证实to provide evidence to support an opinion, a theory, etc. |
| The evidence is not detailed enough to sustain his argument. 这一证据过于笼统，不足以证明他的论点。 |
5. | ~ sth 支撑；承受住to support a weight without breaking or falling |
| The ice will not sustain your weight. 这冰承受不了你的体重。 |
6. | ~ sth 认可；确认；准许；支持to decide that a claim, etc. is valid |
| The court sustained his claim that the contract was illegal. 法庭支持他的主张，认定该合同不合法。 |
| Objection sustained !(= said by a judge when a lawyer makes an objection in court) 反对有效！ |
英汉解释
v. | 1. 补养;维持;加强,鼓舞;使...持续;养(家) |
英英解释
例句
On a couple of occasions in his previous relationship Mike had not been able to sustain an erection and his previous girlfriend would sulk.
在他前一段感情中，有几次麦克出现了不能保持勃起的情况，他的前女友就会闷闷不乐。
Restore to me the gladness of Your salvation, And sustain me with a willing spirit.
求你使我复得你救恩之乐，赐我乐意的灵扶持我。
they will also remember how lightly men talk of a leader's example, but how much it costs both the will and the body to sustain it.
他们也会记得，虽然大家谈到领袖的楷模时语气那么轻率，但要维持这个楷模，意志和身体必须付出多少东西。
Put it at the bottom of the list, because he does not think, I the current weakened state of our economy, we could sustain such a body blow.
所以这个被放在所有选择的最后面，因为鉴于我们经济目前的疲软状态，他不认为我们能够承受这样一个严重的打击。
I found myself able to sustain the conversation on such subjects with credit, at least to my memory.
我发现自己有信心——至少对我的记忆来说能够维持这种主题的交谈。
China would probably like to see a firmer global rebound to help sustain its own recovery, as its exports remain weak.
由于出口颓势依旧，为保证自身经济稳步反弹，中国可能希望看到全球能实现更为强劲的复苏。
They have less than eight percent of the mass of the sun, which is not enough to sustain the fusion reaction that keeps the sun hot.
它们的质量还不到太阳质量的8%，不能够维持聚变反应来产生热量。
The robber and the murderer would often escape unpunished, did not the injuries which our tempers sustain, provoke us into justice.
假如我们所感受的侮辱不能激怒我们起来要求伸张正义，强盗和杀人凶手将会常常追逐法外。
How much longer must we sustain this charade?
我们还要忍受多久这种无聊的游戏？
"I would support further steps to make sure that everyone who can sustain a mortgage and wants to stay in a home can do so, " he said.
他表示：“我会支持采取进一步的措施，以确保每个能够维持住房贷款、并且又想保有住房的人能做到这一点。”
The lens did not sustain any serious damage as well but a direct impact on the lens could break it.
该镜头并没有受到任何严重破坏，而且直接影响到镜头可以打破它中。
How can we detect how good IO subsystem do we have and how much load it can sustain.
我们怎样检测IO子系统性能如何，还有它能承受多少负载呢？
And nothing helps sustain your position at the front of the pack better than Oberto's authentic, handcrafted jerky.
没有任何事情能帮助维持在包比奥博托的真实，手工制作的干你的位置更好的前面。
What you could use many newly emerging nations do not have help. Help are necessary to sustain growth.
你能用的是许多新兴国家没有帮助，帮助对可持续发展是必需的。
He said naturally growing bacteria may have helped keep the water clean enough to sustain life.
他说，也许是水池里自然生长的细菌帮助保持池水清洁维持了金鱼的生命。
I thought also what it would be if I were able to sustain some friendships with my high school classmates.
另外，我也感到有点可惜，没有与中学时代的同学维持友谊。
Given Japan's already high public debt, it would also be hard to sustain; public services might still end up in tatters.
考虑到日本公共债台已经高筑，它即使限制年轻人就业也很难维持下去；公共服务仍有可能崩溃。
We all used to be able to sustain chaingun fire on a mid air target while we were also in mid air.
我们曾经一边兔子跳，一边在空中，持续不断的用机枪击中同样在空中运动的敌人。
Let's face it: A business model that relies primarily on online advertising cannot sustain newspapers over the long term.
让我们直面这样一个现实：主要依靠在线广告的商业模式无法将报纸长期维持下去。
Adam Posen, an external adviser to the Bank of England, said quantitative easing should resume to sustain the British economy's recovery.
亚当.柏森是英格兰银行的外部顾问，宣称应该重新启动一定数量的宽松政策以帮助英国经济复苏。
It was too early to tell whether the Israelis could sustain themselves on the west side of the Canal.
目前还不能断定以色列是否能够在运河西岸坚持下去。
Forested areas sustain almost as high a population as the agricultural sites.
森林区的种群密度几乎与农业区的一样高。
Can even our Ministers sustain a more humiliating disgrace?
即使各位部长大人也能容忍更多这样的屈辱吗？
We are advised to boost domestic demand amid global crisis to sustain growth.
我们得到的建议是，要在全球危机的背景下保增长，需要扩大内需。
Regardless of when we pull out, they're not going to be able to sustain to the level we brought them up to.
不管什么时候撤军，他们都没有能力保持我们帮助他们达到的那个水平。
Two friends can be better than a host. In the end, Ron and Hermione were enough to sustain Harry through the hardest parts of his journey.
两个朋友有时胜过一帮。在故事的最后，罗恩和赫敏俩人就足够陪伴哈利挺过最艰难的旅程了。
At this time my thoughts are with you and I hope this note may help a little bit to sustain you.
此时我很牵挂你，希望这个短讯能带给你一点支撑的作用。
But he said he was confident India could sustain a relatively high rate of growth of 8 per cent, above the estimates of many economists.
但他表示，对于印度能够保持8%这一相对较高水平的经济增长有信心，这一水平超出了很多经济学家的预期。
So the union between you and Christ must be uninterrupted; your faith must accept Christ and depend on Him to sustain the new life.
所以你与基督之间必须毫无隔阂，你当凭信接受基督，并依靠祂来供应这新生命。
So how much more are they going to be able to sustain this kind of pressure and what's going to happen?
那么它们还能承受多大的压力，接下来的情况会如何？
The Creator instructs you to take the memories of these moments back with you, to sustain you.
造物主指导您利用这些时刻的回忆和你在一起，以维持你。
The Lord will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his bed of illness.
他病重在榻，耶和华必扶持他。他在病中，你必给他铺床。
was not possible to sustain this superior life at all times, I could at least keep its signs within reach.
即使我不能每时每刻都享受这种高级生活，起码也能把它的迹象实实在在地留在我的心间。
In defence of her homeland, China would have the capacity to sustain casualties far beyond that of the US.
在她的国土防卫，中国将有能力维持远远超出了美国的伤亡。
His conformation is harmoniously balanced and strong to sustain him in the long day's work.
他的构造和谐、坚固且强壮，能适应长时间的工作。
Great start from the pole, great first stint and then it looked as if you had to work very hard to sustain the pressure from Fernando.
从杆位开始的出色发车，出色的第一阶段，之后看上去你必须非常努力才能继续保持对费尔南多施压。
Are they willing to feed and sustain Libyans holed up in those areas through such a prolonged stalemate?
他们是否愿意养活困在这些地区的利比亚人，直到漫长的僵持局面打破为止？
"It was a great place to think about how you sustain an environment that allows people to be innovative and creative. "
“这份职业提供了一个极好的场所，让你思考如何保持一个让人们具有创新性和创造性的环境。”
He said, "I've got to put a cast on your ankle so that you don't sustain permanent damage. "
医生说，“我必须要在你膝盖上固定一块石膏模，以免造成永远的伤害。”
As the body moves up in vibration, it requires more 'chi' to sustain consciousness in a given day, week or month.
因为身体振动的提升，它需要在特定的一天、一星期或一个月中有更多的chi去维持意识。
The war crippled their technological centers, and the Bith had to turn to imported devices to help sustain their society.
战争摧垮了他们各地的科技中心，比思人不得不转而依靠进口的设备以维持社会运转。
This form of vitamin B helps sustain the syncopation of movement between the heart and the veins and capillaries .
这种维生素B帮助维持心脏和静脉及毛细血管之间的流程切分。
But it's been pointed out that this uptick is probably only an echo of a small baby boom in the 1980s, and may not sustain itself.
但必须指出的是，这次增长可能仅仅是80年代小婴儿潮的余波，并不能持久。
As her legal guardian, I personally guarantee that she will be able to sustain herself while in the U. S.
我作为她的监护人，保证她在美期间有能力供养自己。
