sustain

【发音】
美 /sə'sten/ 英 /sə'steɪn/
【翻译】
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n.维持
英释:to make something continue to exist or happen for a period of time
【记忆】
sus + tain(保持) → 保持; 供养
【短语】
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sustain losses : 蒙受损失
【例句】
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Wants, or desires, are things we would like to have but they do not sustain us.
想法或愿望,是我们想要拥有的东西但是他们不能维持我们的生活。
【真题例句】
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(2012.6 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain Across the country...
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(2012.12 • CET4 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...who coaches executives how to sustain behavior change...
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(2009.12 • CET4 • • 阅读理解)...and none of the institutions believe they can sustain the risks of trying to break away by themselves...
【同、近义词】
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vt.维持;支撑,承担;忍受;供养;证实
maintain/undertake/support/accept/favor/
【同根词】
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adj
sustainable : 可以忍受的;足可支撑的;养得起的
sustained : 持续的;持久的;持久不变的
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n
sustainability : 持续性;永续性;能维持性
sustainer : 支持者,维持者;主发动机;支撑的人物
sustentation : 支撑,维持;食物
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v
sustained : 维持(sustain的过去式和过去分词);承受