sustain

柯林斯詞典

1. V-T If you sustain something, you continue it or maintain it for a period of time. 保持
He has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age. 他從青年時代到晚年一直保持著強烈的社會良知。
Recovery can't be sustained unless more jobs are created. 除非有更多的工作機會被創(chuàng)造出來，否則複囌無法保持下去。
2. V-T If you sustain something such as a defeat, loss, or injury, it happens to you. 遭受[正式]
Every aircraft in there has sustained some damage. 那裡的每架飛機都遭到了一些損壞。
3. V-T If something sustains you, it supports you by giving you help, strength, or encouragement. 支撐[正式]
The cash dividends they get from the cash crop would sustain them during the lean season. 他們從經濟作物中得到的那些現(xiàn)金紅利能支撐他們度過歉收季節(jié)。

It proved particularly difficult to sustain the interest of the older children .
This year's harvest is insufficient to sustain a growing population .
Economic growth cannot be sustained without a rise in inflation .
This planet is unable to sustain human or plant life .
The team were finally victorious after a sustained effort to succeed .