vt.支持;承受;維持;認可;經受
His hope for future sustained him. 對未來的希望支持了他。
The ice will not sustain your weight. 這冰承受不了你的體重。
Some species may not be able to sustain the pressure from such prevalent raids. 一些物種無法承受這種猖撅的偷獵行為帶來的壓力。
They had sufficient food to sustain life. 他們有足夠維持生命的食物。
The judge sustained his objection. 法官認可他的異議。
The trucking company was able to sustain the severe fuel shortage . 該卡車公司能經受得了這嚴重的汽油短缺。
sustain有時指“遭受”,但同suffer,receive,get等比較,sustain的這個用法不普遍,一般用在injury,loss,leak,bruise,defeat等詞的前面。
v.(動詞)sustain的基本意思是“承受住重量”,指不斷支撐或維持不衰弱。有時也可表示通過提供必需的物質或精神的營養(yǎng)品以支持某人、某事物。引申為“經受”。還可表示“確認…正當有效”“準許”。
sustain是及物動詞,接名詞、代詞作賓語??捎糜诒粍咏Y構。