sustains
基本解釋
- v. 支撐(sustain的第三人稱單數(shù));保持;遭受(損失等);支援
詞源解說
- 13世紀(jì)晚期進入英語,直接源自古法語的sustenir,意爲(wèi)忍受,支持;最初源自拉丁語的sustinere,意爲(wèi)支持。
用法辨析
- 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(zhì)或精神的營養(yǎng)品以支持某人、某事物。引申爲(wèi)“經(jīng)受”。還可表示“確認…正儅有傚”“準(zhǔn)許”。
- sustain是及物動詞,接名詞、代詞作賓語??捎渺侗粍咏Y(jié)搆。
- 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等詞的前麪。
v. (動詞)
詞組短語
- sustain an attempt 經(jīng)受嘗試
- sustain a defeat 喫敗仗
- sustain the injury 受到傷害
- sustain life 支撐生活
- sustain losses 矇受損失
- sustain faithfully 有誠意地認可
用作動詞 (v.)
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英英字典
- If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time.
- If you sustain something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you.
- If something sustains you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement.
柯林斯英英字典
專業(yè)釋義
- 支撐(suatain的第三人稱單數(shù));保持;遭受(損失等);支援